Red Bull Stratos team gets closer to supersonic freefall attempt

Red Bull Stratos team gets closer to supersonic freefall attempt:

"Later this year, Felix Baumgartner will put on a pressurized space suit and helmet,
climb into a capsule suspended beneath a balloon, ride 120,000 feet into the earth’s
upper atmosphere, then jump out and – before deploying his parachute – try to break
the speed of sound while in freefall. That’s the plan, at least, for the insanely-dangerous
Red Bull Stratos event. If successful, it will constitute the world’s highest manned
balloon flight, highest parachute jump, and fastest and longest freefall."