Source: CNN
Authors: Dugald McConnell, Josh Levs and Brian Todd,
The Austrian daredevil, in fact, rose to the edge of space Sunday — 128,100 feet, or 24 miles, above the Earth — before plunging faster than the speed of sound.
Minutes later, he landed in southeastern New Mexico and, dropping to his knees, pumped his fists to the sky.
“He made it — tears of joy from Mission Control,” his support team said.