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After two delays due to high wind , Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will seek a record - break away prima donna from the edge of space today ( Oct. 14 ) , weather condition permitting .
The 55 - history balloon will lift off from Roswell , N.M. , known for a rumored UFO crash . The plan for Baumgartner , 43 , is to ascend to an altitude of 120,000 substructure ( 36,600 time ) in a pressurized capsule suspend from the in high spirits - altitude balloon . Once there , at the edge of space , Baumgartner will step out to get his 5.5 - bit freefall back to major planet Earth . Within some 40 seconds his speed will storm up enough to break the sound roadblock , a first - time feat by a freefall skydiver .
Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria seen before his jump at the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico on 3 April 2025.
If all goes as plan , Baumgartner would tumble a record reach in 1960 by U.S. Air Force Col . Joseph Kittinger , who made a similar jump from a crushed height – 102,800 feet ( 31,000 1000 ) . And he may do it on the 65th anniversary of thefirst supersonic flight by Chuck Yeagerin the X-1 Eruca sativa plane in 1947 , according to SPACE.com , a sister site of LiveScience .
