In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe ...

Skydiver, daredevil and extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner died Thursday. He was 56. The Austrian, who in 2012 became the first person to break the sound barrier with just his body, died in a ...

Felix Baumgartner died Thursday in a paragliding crash in Porto Sant’Elpidio, Italy, according to the local mayor. Baumgartner made history in 2012 by jumping from 24 miles above Earth and breaking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Felix Baumgartner in 2006 - www.felixbaumgartner.com Felix Baumgartner, who has died in a paramotoring accident aged 56, was a ...

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 ...

He stunned the world in 2012 when he became the first human to break the sound barrier with only his body after jumping from a capsule more than 24 miles over New Mexico He stunned the world in 2012 ...