Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier

In a leap from more than 39 km (24 miles) up, Felix Baumgartner made the highest jump ever -- a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert, Oct. 14. 2012.

Baumgartner jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Oct. 14, 2012.

Baumgartner jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Oct. 14, 2012.

Felix Baumgartner's mother Ava Baumgartner, middle, watches with other family members and friends as his capsule lifts off.

Baumgartner is seen in a screen at mission control center in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012.

Felix Baumgartner sits in his trailer before the flight.

The capsule and attached helium balloon carrying Baumgartner lifts off from Roswell, N.M.

Baumgartner waves after his successful jump. He came down safely in the eastern New Mexico desert about nine minutes after jumping from his capsule roughly 39 km (24 miles) above Earth.

Baumgartner and Technical Project Director Art Thompson celebrate after successfully completing the flight in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012.

Baumgartner said after his jump, "When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data. The only thing you want is you want to come back alive."

Baumgartner leaves his capsule on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, after his mission was aborted due to high winds.