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“Space Dive” Success: Baumgartner Breaks Skydive Record, Sound Barrier

Source: National Geographic

Read about, and watch a video of, Felix Baumgartner’s world record-breaking skydive in October 2012, when he broke the sound barrier by jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere.

This entry was posted in Bold Actions and tagged Culture & Society, Historic Figures on November 1, 2019 by .

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