Felix jumps into the record books

Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth after a 38km jump from the stratosphere in a dramatic, record-breaking feat that may mark the world’s first supersonic skydive.

Baumgartner came down safely in the eastern New Mexico desert about nine minutes after jumping from his capsule 128,097ft above Earth. He lifted his arms in victory, sending off cheers from jubilant onlookers and friends inside the mission’s control centre in Roswell.

“Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are,” Baumgartner told reporters shortly after the jump.