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Falling to Earth, Up Close and Personal

A newly released video captures Felix Baumgartner’s world record-setting free fall back to Earth from the edge of space, from his perspective. 
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This newly released video captures Felix Baumgartner’s world record-setting free fall back to Earth from the edge of space in 2012. In the video below, you can see Baumgartner break the speed of sound, from his perspective. 

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