El paracaidista austríaco Felix Baumgartner tocó tierra este domingo tras saltar desde una cápsula impulsada por un globo desde una altitud récord de un poco más de 39.000 metros sobre el suelo de Nuevo México (sudeste de Estados Unidos). Durante la caída, que duró aproximadamente ocho minutos, el austríaco batió el récord del mundo de caída libre, perteneciente hasta ahora al excoronel de la Fuerza Aérea estadounidense Joe Kittinger (31.333 metros).
This picture provided by www.redbullcontentpool.com shows, pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria leaves his capsule after his mission was aborted due to high winds during the final manned flight of Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, on October 9, 2012. The Austrian daredevil's attempt to make an unprecedented leap from the edge of space was aborted moments before the planned launch due to gusty winds, organizers said. Baumgartner was already installed in the pressurized capsule, and a five-minute countdown was started, but as it got down to zero it became clear that conditions were too windy. ++RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / www.redbullcontentpool.com / BALAZS GARDI" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = ONE-TIME PUBLICATION = IMAGE MUST NOT BE ALTERED OR MODIFIED++
