Felix Baumgartner will fall from 23 miles up
(NEWSER) - If you have a fear of heights, don’t read on: An Austrian adventurer plans to jump from the very edge of space later this year, falling from the dizzying height of about 23 miles. (That's 120,000 feet; for comparison's sake, consider that the average passenger plane flies at just 35,000 feet.) If he is successful, Felix Baumgartner will break the record for the highest skydive ever—and he may even break the sound barrier. He will wear a pressurized suit that will protect him and provide oxygen (unless, of course, it leaks, notes the morbid BBC ). More»
