Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner safely completed a jump from more than 18 miles over southern New Mexico on Wednesday. Baumgartner reached speeds of about 536 miles per hour during the training jump for Stratos, a Red Bull-sponsored project with the The current record, set by Air Force colonel Joe Kittinger in 1960, stands at 102,800 feet, or nearly 19.5 miles. Baumgartner’s team is now looking for a three-day weather window in August to make their final, 22-mile leap. The project is the latest of several extreme stunts for the Austrian, who has also flown across the English Channel on a carbon wing and BASE-jumped into a cave.
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