Austrian Daredevil Breaks Sound Barrier In Record Jump

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner steps into the capsule before launch from the desert surrounding Roswell, New Mexico, on October 14.

The balloon and capsule carrying Baumgartner on his record-setting journey are launched from Roswell with the help of a crane.

Baumgartner is seen inside the capsule on a screen at mission control during the final moments of the ascent.

Baumgartner is shown standing on the lip of the capsule just moments before his jump.

He jumps from 39,000 meters.

Crew members at mission control watch at the moment that Baumgartner steps off the capsule.

Baumgartner exceeded the speed of sound as he plummeted toward the Earth.

Baumgartner glides toward the New Mexican desert.

Baumgartner landed more than 60 kilometers from where he took off.

Life support engineer Mike Todd (left) greets Baumgartner after he landed safely.

Baumgartner's jump broke the previous record held by U.S. Colonel Joseph Kittinger.

Kittinger jumped from a height of more than 31,000 meters in 1960.