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Take a Flying Leap, in This Week’s Open Thread

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Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere in 2012 .

He became the first person to break the sound barrier relative to the surface without vehicular power on his descent.

He set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km ( 24 mi) and reached an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/ h.

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