The man who broke a skydiving record, jumping from the edge of space and breaking the sound barrier, has died in a paraglider crash. Felix Baumgartner was 56 years old. The crash occurred on July 17 ...

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver who became the first human to travel faster than the speed of sound without the assistance of a craft during his record-breaking leap through the stratosphere, ...

PORTO SANT'ELIPIDO, Italy — Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its only occupant, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, ...

Baumgartner was killed on Thursday, July 17, and had been flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in Italy Skydiver Felix Baumgartner has died at the age of 56 following a paragliding incident, when he ...

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the ...

Prayers Pouring In For Legendary Skydiver Dead At 56 originally appeared on The Spun. The sports and entertainment world lost an iconic skydiver and BASE jumper this week as record-setter Felix ...

FILE - Felix Baumgartner of Austria gestures prior to speaking with the media after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MILAN (AP) — Extreme athlete Felix ...