Felix Baumgartner prepares for his freefall from space
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oct. 6, 2012: Final preparations (Red Bull Stratos)
Oct. 8, 2012: Strategically placed cameras (Red Bull Stratos)
Oct 4, 2012: The team's optical tracking system (Red Bull Stratos)
July 25, 2012: Baumgartner steps out of his capsule (Red Bull Stratos)
Oct. 6, 2012: Final jump rehearsal (Red Bull Stratos)
June 2012: Baumgartner with life support engineer Mike Todd (Red Bull Stratos)
Oct. 7, 2012: Baumgartner keeping fit (Red Bull Stratos)
Oct. 7, 2012: Baumgartner sits in his capsule during preparations for the final manned flight. (Red Bull Stratos)
Oct. 3, 2012: Baumgartner leaving Switzerland for New Mexico (Red Bull Stratos)
July 23, 2012: Baumgartner of Austria prepares for the second manned test flight. (balazsgardi.com/Red Bull Content Pool)
July 25, 2012: Crew members fill up the balloon with helium at the flight line during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M. (balazsgardi.com / Red Bull Content Pool)
July 21, 2012: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria sits inside the capsule prior to the second manned test flight for his Red Bull Stratos freefall from space in Roswell, N.M. (balazsgardi.com/Red Bull Content Pool)
July 25, 2012: The capsule lifts up during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell. (balazsgardi.com / Red Bull Content Pool)
July 25, 2012: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria steps into the capsule during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M. (balazsgardi.com/Red Bull Content Pool)
July 25, 2012: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria sits in the capsule before lift off at the flight line. (balazsgardi.com/Red Bull Content Pool)
July 25, 2012: A crane follows Baumgartner's balloon and capsule to the flight line. (balazsgardi.com / Red Bull Content Pool)
June 21, 2012: Felix Baumgartner during the first high-altitude test jump in Taft, Calif. (Luke Aikins/Red Bull Content Pool)
June 21, 2012: Felix Baumgartner of Austria during the first high altitude test jumps in Taft, Calif. (Luke Aikins/Red Bull Content Pool)
July 23, 2012: Crew members cover the capsule to protect it from rain before the second manned test flight in Roswell, N.M. (balazsgardi.com/Red Bull Content Pool)
At the edge space. (Jay Nemeth / Red Bull Stratos Newsroom)
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