Ultimate Skydiving: Falling Human to Break Sound Barrier?

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 01:31 in Earth & Climate

Felix Baumgartner is set to dive out of a compressed capsule from over 120,000 feet. Becoming the first human to break the sound barrier in free fall and topping the altitude record are two of the goals.

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