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The New York Times
| 7 months ago
The theater of the daredevil's jump had a deliberate deja vu quality, evoking the heady dawn of the space age...The calm voice on earth guiding a cryptic, staticky voice in the heavens...The utterance of one of those telegraphic banalities that...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
This video of a plucky European trying to dive into an iced-up pool proves the cliche that Germans don't have a sense of humour is way off the mark...Let's be honest there's really no other reaction to this man's stupidity...It had only 11 likes on...
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Canada.com
| 7 months ago
When daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped out of that balloon from outer space Sunday, there were a few extra-interested observers in the Calgary theatre community watching. That's because Baumgartner's leap was an eerie echo of Ghost River Theatre's...
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PRWeb
| 7 months ago
pilmerpr.com">PilmerPR, LLC public relations and marketing firm today recognized Red Bull for its masterful Stratos #LiveJump campaign as a guerrilla PR top triumph. Without endorsing energy drinks, PilmerPR takes its hat off for the amazing results...
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Rediff
| 7 months ago
T ake a look at the incredible jumps 'Fearless Felix' has made. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a record-breaking jump from a balloon floating nearly 37 kilometres above the earth. Baumgartner who broke the record for...
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Daily Breeze
| 7 months ago
More than 8 million people tuned in to the YouTube livestream as the Austrian daredevil lunged from a balloon capsule into the void, making it the single most-watched event on the website's history...Half of Twitter's trending topics worldwide...
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Celebslam
| 7 months ago
Sophia Bush leaving Vintage Clothing in L.A. (8/24) Who knew Sophia Bush was so crazy?...Via Contact Music : Actress Sophia Bush was so inspired by daredevil Felix Baumgartner's supersonic skydive in New Mexico on Sunday she wants to jump to earth...
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io9
| 7 months ago
Infographic reveals just how far Felix Baumgartner really was from space If you're anything like me, you were quite annoyed earlier this week by all the claims that Felix Baumgartner had jumped from "near space" or even space itself (really,...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
I thought that was the joke involving Wonder Woman, Superman and the Invisible Man. Close Link to this comment: Shoot, there was me, pledging to not comment on cif in my working hours today, but there you go...Others are equally spectacular but less...
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Aquarian
| 7 months ago
Sponsored by Red Bull, who will no doubt soon edit the footage into a much-more-exciting 30-second commercial (the ascent in Baumgartner's balloon took quite a while), it was something of a throwback to past eras' pointless achievements; men doing...
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The Age
| 7 months ago
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking jump raises hopes that pilots and even astronauts can be saved from accidents in the stratosphere, experts said on Monday. Michel Viso, an expert in exobiology at France's National Centre of Scientific...
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
Austrian daredevil Baumgartner's next free-fall' to be dive into matrimony' London: Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian man who stunned the world with a 24-mile free fall from the edge of the space, will celebrate his historic leap with a wedding in the...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Lego man recreated Felix Baumgartner's jump from space. It was rumored that Baumgartner broke the speed of light, but he did actually break the sound barrier with his descent from outer space. His jump was an astonishing achievement that combined...
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Pak Tribune
| 7 months ago
Freefalling from outer space, Mr Baumgartner put his life at great risk to prove that there is nothing man cannot do. I had the good fortune of watching the jump live online and, I can tell you, I had goose bumps watching this man jump from his...
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News 24
| 7 months ago
Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner has decided to retire after his record-breaking free fall from the stratosphere, his spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. "There is nothing else for me to achieve," Baumgartner said in an interview with Austrian...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
And he's not the only child to predict their achievements in a drawing Felix Baumgartner's drawing, predicting his death-defying stunt. Photograph: Facebook When he was five years old, Felix Baumgartner drew a picture for his mum . Twelve years later,...
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Qatar English Daily
| 7 months ago
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner celebrated his unprecedented feat yesterday after becoming the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering, death-defying freefall jump from the edge of space. The 43-year-...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
You may not have noticed it because of that helmet he had to wear while free-falling into the history books, but Felix Baumgartner is kind of hot. Yes, yes, we know that sounds incredibly superficial, but these things are important when considering...
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The Australian
| 7 months ago
Footage taken from a camera mounted on his suit captured the precise moment when the Austrian skydiver, who reached a top speed of 1342km/h, spun out of control. "The exit was perfect, then I started tumbling. I thought I'd get it under control, but...
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Qatar English Daily
| 7 months ago
The 43-year-old leapt from a capsule more than 24 miles (39km) above the Earth Sunday, reaching a top speed of 833.9 miles (1,342km) per hour, or 1.24 times the speed of sound, according to organisers. The veteran skydiver was in freefall for four...
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Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
As a boy, Felix Baumgartner could hardly go past a tree without wanting to climb it. Flick through his childhood photos and more than half of them are of him at the top of one...I loved to get to the top of a building, a house, a tree, whatever...I...
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E! Online
| 7 months ago
First it was the Endeavour space shuttle and its plane piggyback ride down the West Coast. Yesterday, it was Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner and his speed of sound-breaking freefall from space...Planets, rocket ships, solar systems, people...
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Indian Express
| 7 months ago
Felixs supersonic jump breaks 52-yr-old record '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' Agencies : Roswell, Tue Oct 16 2012, 00:42 hrs A man fell to Earth from more than 24 miles high on Sunday, becoming the first human to break the sound...
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Pitt Watch
| 7 months ago
Yesterday, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner hurtled from over 120,000 feet up in space , breaking the sound barrier and landing into our hearts. Because I was at New York Comic-Con all weekend, I'm only just watching the video, but no lie, I...
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Epoch Times
| 7 months ago
Red Bull Stratos Mission Accomplished With 24-Mile Free Fall Felix Baumgartner breaks the sound barrier Epoch Times Staff Created: October 15, 2012 Last Updated: October 15, 2012 (Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool) Austria's Felix Baumgartner jumped...
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Baltimore Sun
| 7 months ago
Among the several records broken by ultra-skydiver Felix Baumgartner on Sunday, there was one that may have been unexpected: most viewers to a live event ever on YouTube . The highest skydive in history, during which Baumgartner became the first free-...
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Laist
| 7 months ago
But you can also see the Lego version, thanks to this viral video. It's just another level of awesome for a pretty astonishing feat. Contact the author of this article or email tips@laist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
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Taiwan News
| 7 months ago
In tiny Austria, where souvenir shops do brisk business in T-shirts bearing the crossed-out image of a kangaroo, some hope skydiver Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking jump will mean that _ for a while at least _ people will stop confusing their...
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Celebrity Gossip
| 7 months ago
He's made quite a name for himself by completing a 24-mile skydive from the edge of outer space, and now a video from Felix Baumgartner's historic feat has hit the internet. The world-renowned daredevil captured his journey back to earth with a...
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Tahoe Daily Tribune
| 7 months ago
This image provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner...
