In Photos: Steps to a Supersonic Skydive

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By Jeanna Bryner
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Above Earth

Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking, supersonic skydive called Red Bull Stratos.

(Image credit: Luke Aikins/Red Bull Content Pool)

Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria performs during the first high altitude test jump from an airplane for the Red Bull Stratos mission in Taft, Calif., on Feb. 20 2012.

Lofty Tumble

Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking, supersonic skydive called Red Bull Stratos.

(Image credit: Luke Aikins/Red Bull Content Pool)

The Austrian daredevil exits a plane during a test jump in Taft, Calif., on June 21, 2012.

Jeanna Bryner
Jeanna Bryner
Live Science Editor-in-Chief

Jeanna served as editor-in-chief of Live Science. Previously, she was an assistant editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Jeanna has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland, and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.