Photos: Record skydiver breaks sound barrier
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This hand out photo shows Austrian athlete Felix Baumgartner descending to the desert after successfully completing the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 25, 2012. Austrian athlete Felix Baumgartner reached an altitude of 29.455 meters with a space capsule on a huge ballon during a successful second test jump. During his 3 min 48 sec free fall he reach a top speed of 862 km/h per hour. �Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space to an altitude of 37.000 meters to break several records including the sound of speed in freefall. AFP PHOTO/RED BULL (Photo credit should read Joerg Mitter/AFP/GettyImages)
