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Oct. 6, 2012: Final preparations![felix_cameras]()
Oct. 8, 2012: Strategically placed cameras![felix_optical_tracking]()
Oct 4, 2012: The team's optical tracking system![felix_out_capsule]()
July 25, 2012: Baumgartner steps out of his capsule![felix_rehearsal]()
Oct. 6, 2012: Final jump rehearsal![felix_life_support]()
June 2012: Baumgartner with life support engineer Mike Todd![felix_working_out]()
Oct. 7, 2012: Baumgartner keeping fit![felix_in_capsule]()
Oct. 7, 2012: Baumgartner sits in his capsule during preparations for the final manned flight.![felix_leaves]()
Oct. 3, 2012: Baumgartner leaving Switzerland for New Mexico![Baumgartner_test_2_july_4]()
July 23, 2012: Baumgartner of Austria prepares for the second manned test flight.![baumgartner_final_test_flight_2]()
July 25, 2012: Crew members fill up the balloon with helium at the flight line during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M.![Baumgartner_test_2_july_2]()
July 21, 2012: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria sits inside the capsule prior to the second manned test flight for his Red Bull Stratos freefall from space in Roswell, N.M.![baumgartner_final_test_flight_3]()
July 25, 2012: The capsule lifts up during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell.![baumgartner_final_test_flight]()
July 25, 2012: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria steps into the capsule during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M.![baumgartner_final_test_flight_5]()
July 25, 2012: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria sits in the capsule before lift off at the flight line.![baumgartner_final_test_flight_4]()
July 25, 2012: A crane follows Baumgartner's balloon and capsule to the flight line.![Baumgartner_test_2_july_6]()
June 21, 2012: Felix Baumgartner during the first high-altitude test jump in Taft, Calif.![Baumgartner_test_2_july_5]()
June 21, 2012: Felix Baumgartner of Austria during the first high altitude test jumps in Taft, Calif.![Baumgartner_test_2_july]()
July 23, 2012: Crew members cover the capsule to protect it from rain before the second manned test flight in Roswell, N.M.![felix_baumgartner_edge_of_space]()
At the edge space.![Measuring_a_Spacesuit_4]()
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Red Bull StratosFelix Baumgartner prepares for his freefall from space
Daredevil adventurer Felix Baumgartner has spent years planning to make a 23-mile freefall plunge from the edge of space -- a jump that will take him to supersonic speeds.
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- Felix Baumgartner prepares for his freefall from space
