Click to open image viewer. Nick Piantanida, a 34-year old New Jersey truck driver, athlete and sky diver, ascended from Joe Foss Airport in Sioux Falls, South Dakota aboard the Strato-Jump III ...

Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria seen before his jump at the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico on March 15, 2012. The balloon ascends during the first manned test ...

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It seems like the Red Bull Stratos jump (redbullstratos.com) is back on track. For those of you not familiar, the basic idea is fairly simple. Felix Baumgartner will take a balloon ride up to an ...

For the second consecutive day, extreme sports athlete Felix Baumgartner was forced to cancel his death-defying free-fall due to wind conditions. Maybe that's a sign, Felix. Baumgartner is looking to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Felix Baumgartner is happy he never has to jump from space again. The Austrian daredevil, BASE jumper and skydiver doesn't feel that way because the famous Red Bull Stratos jump, ...

Chances are likely that your job doesn't involve free-falling, setting a world record, wearing a space suit, risking your life or breaking the sound barrier. But in your line of work, there are many ...

On the first anniversary of human daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s freefall from space down to Earth, Red Bull and Rdio have teamed to bring viewers a free documentary about the craziest thing a person ...

As high-tech reality TV goes, it’s hard to top Sunday’s riveting leap from the stratosphere by Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner. It took courage and skill, to be sure. But the technology required ...