Today at about 1:15 EST, stuntman and skydiver Felix Baumgartner is scheduled to be lifted via a special balloon to the edge of space. Wearing a pressurized spacesuit-type outfit, he will step out of ...

Austrian extreme skydiver Felix Baumgartner, the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump, has died in a paragliding accident. Baumgartner, 56, was paragliding in Italy’s central ...

The Austrian skydiver survived jumping 24 miles from the edge of space. But then his challenges really began. How did a daredevil hero become a political villain?

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartener leaped from a capsule raised 24 miles into the sky by way of a helium balloon on Sunday, breaking the sound barrier and numerous world records as part of Red Bull ...

Extreme sports icon Felix Baumgartner has died following a paragliding accident on Thursday in the coastal town of Porto Sant’Elpidio on Italy’s Adriatic coast. The Austrian adventurer lost control of ...

Euronews Culture had the opportunity to interview Baumgartner in 2022, to mark the 10th anniversary of his legendary jump. We remember the intrepid record-breaker and the impact he had on the world of ...

Felix Baumgartner, the daredevil who made a record-breaking parachute jump from the stratosphere in 2012, died Thursday in a paragliding accident in Italy, a local mayor confirmed. Firefighters who ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Red Bull Sratos capsule carried ...