Although the jump had the appearance of another Baumgartner stunt, his team stressed its high scientific relevance.
In the event that there was a serious issue, Baumgartner still had a choice.
To ensure his own survival, Baumgartner was equipped with a fully pressurized suit.
Before his capture, both police and his mother begged Baumgartner to turn himself in.
Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound.
Baumgartner's efforts have finally toppled records that have stood for more than 50 years.
Mr Baumgartner's body was monitored during the jump using equipment from Equivital, a small UK company.
Also notable was the same multi-dialed Zenith model worn by Felix Baumgartner on his record-setting space dive.
"On the step, I felt that the whole world is watching, " Mr Baumgartner said after the jump.
Barely 20 minutes after passing that danger, Baumgartner started to be concerned about his face-heating mechanism not working.
Fortunately for us (and not least for Baumgartner) things were actually working properly when he needed them most.
Edmonton police say Baumgartner is behind the Friday robbery of an armored vehicle at the University of Alberta.
In October, the Austrian Felix Baumgartner daredeviled his way into the record books with a 24-mile, soundbreaking skydive.
This was not a luxury afforded to Baumgartner and his capsule, however, which is a 6-foot diameter pressure sphere.
What remains for Team Baumgartner to accomplish is to push their superhero beyond the feat and into the future.
Kittinger, now an octogenarian, was integral to Baumgartner's team, providing the Austrian with advice and encouragement throughout the project.
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There was concern early in the dive that Baumgartner was in trouble.
Moments after Felix Baumgartner stepped from his capsule 24 miles above Earth, the intrepid skydiver slipped into a wild spin.
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Although the jump had the appearance of a stunt, Baumgartner and his group of experts continually stressed its high scientific relevance.
BBC: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell faster than first thought
But the 28-year-old Briton has been ruled out of Sunday's race and will be replaced by Hungary's Zsolt Baumgartner for Saturday's qualifying.
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Baumgartner was fortunately able to maintain consciousness and, incredibly, stabilize his fall.
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The audacity of the jump stunt made it more valuable to Red Bull, and it does the same for Baumgartner himself.
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James Baumgartner sold the site for an undisclosed price earlier this week.
Baumgartner's feats bettered the marks set 50 years previously by Joe Kittinger.
BBC: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell faster than first thought
In October, Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a 24-mile space jump, breaking the world record for the highest altitude skydive.
Skydiving pro Felix Baumgartner on Sunday successfully jumped 24 miles to Earth, breaking a world record set more than 50 years ago.
Baumgartner wore a chest pack that included, among many other devices, a wide-angle camera that captured a first-person view of the supersonic fall.
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First and foremost, that Baumgartner could pull his stunt off and land on earth with his head still firmly stitched to his shoulders.
Yesterday, when I sat down to watch Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of outer space, like most people, I did it on YouTube.
But as the crucial moment arrived and Baumgartner prepared to step out of his capsule, the TV network cut away to the anchors talking.
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