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A well-known computer scientist, he fell faster than the speed of sound and broke Baumgartner's world altitude record set just two years ago by jumping from 135,000 feet. Alan Eustace, 57, a senior vice president at Google, during his record breaking leap from 135,000 feet.
First the skydivers had to get up there. Then, still above the cloud level, they began to clump together and hold hands in an insane, upside down version of hokey-cokey. Each skydiver then had only a second after breaking away before preparing for a safe touchdown at around 7,000ft. Jumping from 18,000ft, they had just 40 seconds to complete their formation before a parachute landing near Chicago, USA.