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Austrian Felix Baumgartner—a pilot,skydiver and high-altitude jumper with the nickname “Fearless Felix”—has jumped from some of the world’s tallest bridges and buildings.But on October 14,he made the jump of his lifetime from a space capsule 128,100 feet (about 24 miles) above ground,a world record-breaking height.
Baumgartner,42,also broke the record for fastest jump by reaching speeds up to 833.9 miles per hour during his free fall back down to Earth.For comparison,an average Boeing 737 airliner flies at 40,000 feet at 600 miles per hour.At a press conference following the event,Baumgartner said the experience was humbling and harder than he expected.“Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are,” Baumgartner said.
