No big deal or anything but a man — one Felix Baumgartner — jumped from a helium balloon more than 24 miles above the Earth’s surface. Baumgartner is now the first person to break the sound barrier under his own power. That’s a speed of 833.9 miles per hour.
(via NYTimes)
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