That's one of the things Red Bull stresses in its marketing message, and that's why it sponsored Felix Baumgartner in his quest to jump from the edge of space and break the speed of sound. Unlike the ...

In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe ...

Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday, local media reported. Baumgartner, 56, ...

Outside of the entertainment world, and action films specifically, it's not often the world becomes familiar with a professional skydiver. One would have to participate in some pretty wild stunts to ...

MILAN — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday ...

Felix Baumgartner, the fearless extreme sportsman behind many legendary stunts, has died. He was 56. According to the Associated Press, Baumgartner died in a paragliding accident in Italy on Thursday.

Baumgartner was an Austrian skydiver, BASE jumper and overall daredevil. Known for multiple jumps such as from Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, ...

Felix Baumgartner, the skydiver who broke the sound barrier in his 24-mile dive in 2012, died on Thursday, July 17 at 56, after crashing his paraglider. The accident occurred in the Italian city of ...