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One Giant Leap

  • February 11, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner leaped from a balloon 24 miles above sea level, becoming the first person to break the speed of sound without an aircraft. His 2012 stunt, the highest freefall ever, helped scientists research how astronauts might survive bailing out from high up.

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