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"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Felix Baumgartner&lt;/strong&gt; successfully completed his free fall, diving to the Earth's surface from 24 miles up in the air!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baumgartner &lt;span&gt;at one point fell as fast as Mach 1.24, well above the speed of sound&lt;/span&gt;. He did not break the record for longest-lasting free fall, but if the distance holds up to review ... that would be record-setting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1014_parachute_article\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/14/1014-parachute-article-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Felix made the jump using only a space suit, helmet and parachute. Before he jumped, he went through a massive checklist while his family watched from the control room in Roswell, New Mexico.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mission, called Stratos, was sponsored by RedBull and used a helium-filled balloon to carry Felix 24 miles up into the stratosphere (around 128,000 feet) where he made the jump. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Felix was in free-fall for over 4 min and reached speeds of up to 729 mph.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Felix first attempted to launch last Tuesday from Roswell, New Mexico -- but aborted the mission, due to weather conditions."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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