Felix Baumgartner lived to leap, becoming the first person to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile skydiving adventure through the stratosphere in 2012. On Thursday, the Austrian ...

FILE - Felix Baumgartner of Austria gestures prior to speaking with the media after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross ...

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 ...

A daredevil stuntman who set a world record more than decade ago for the highest-ever skydive has died in a paragliding accident in Italy. Felix Baumgartner, 56, crashed to the ground near a hotel ...

Baumgartner is most well-known for breaking the sound barrier with his body during a freefall from the stratosphere in 2012. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, the first human to break the sound ...

Renowned daredevil Felix Baumgartner, famous for his record-smashing stunts — including a 24-mile skydive from the edge of space in 2012 — has died in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to ...