Austrian Felix Baumgartner has broken the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000ft (39km) above New Mexico.
The 43-year-old was hoping also to break the sound barrier during his descent - although that mark awaits confirmation.
Video cameras relayed the moment Baumgartner stepped from his balloon capsule to begin his fall to Earth.
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It took 10 minutes for him to reach the desert surface below.
I watched this on Youtube live feed until he gently hit the ground at 2:17 p.m.
One of my more memorable moments watching some daring fool go into space (or even subspace). The first was February 1962, when John Glenn went up into earth orbit in a Mercury 7 capsule (made locally at McDonell Aircraft in St. Louis) We were in school so they ran the radio audio thru our classroom speakers and everyone was as excited as with this event today. Only kids today got it so much better with clear live-feed video.
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