Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver best known for his record-setting dive from space, died in a paragliding accident in Italy Thursday, according to Italian officials. He was 56. Baumgartner was ...

Felix Baumgartner, the world-renowned Austrian pilot who was named National Geographic’s 2013 People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year for his fearless aerial feats, has died in Italy. According to ...

Baumgartner is most well-known for breaking the sound barrier with his body during a freefall from the stratosphere in 2012. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, the first human to break the sound ...

Austrian skydiver and extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has died in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to local media. The 56-year-old shot to global fame in 2012 with his record-breaking free ...

First it was the Endeavour space shuttle and its plane piggyback ride down the West Coast. Yesterday, it was Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner and his speed of sound-breaking freefall from space.