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10-14-2012, 08:21 PM
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Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a record-breaking freefall from space Sunday morning near Roswell, N.M.

He reached speeds of more than 600 mph during the 128,000-foot fall to earth.

Baumgartner broke the record for both the highest jump and the fastest jump in a freefall. On the ascent, he also broke the record for the highest manned balloon flight.

"The whole world is watching," Baumgartner said before he lept. "I wish you could see what I could see."

The mission, called Red...

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