Felix Baumgartner’s space jump
felix baumgartner put new meaning into skydiving by jumping off a balloon in the stratosphere at a height of 39 km on October 14, 2012, thus displaying the extent to which human bodies can be pushed. He created a new record, and was the first human to break the sound barrier outside of a vehicle by falling at a speed of 843.6 mph.
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(This story appears in the 30 May, 2014 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)