The entire jump lasted eight minutes and eight seconds, although all figures
are unofficial the spokeswoman added.
With the successful test complete, Baumgartner is believed to be only the
third person ever to jump from such an altitude and free fall to a safe
landing, and the first in a half-century.
The record for the highest free fall is held by Joe Kittinger, a retired Air
Force officer from Florida, who jumped from 19.5 miles or 102,800ft (31.4km)
in 1960.
If and when the 42-year-old Austrian known as “Fearless Felix” leaps
from the edge of space feet in a few months, he expects to break the sound
barrier as he falls through the stratosphere at supersonic speed.
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