Gallery: 'Fearless Felix' Falls 24 Miles To Earth

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    *Felix Baumgartner collects his thoughts in his trailer before heading for his capsule for his ascent to the stratosphere.* Photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Baumgartner gets a little help suiting up for his jump.* Photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Baumgartner heads for his capsule, which is suspended by a crane as the balloon is inflated.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Baumgartner steps into his capsule, where he would spend more than two hours ascending to more than 125,000 feet for his stratospheric jump.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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    *We have liftoff. The capsule, suspended by a crane, about to begin its ascent. The lines attached to the capsule lead to the massive balloon, already aloft at this point.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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    *The balloon, filled with 180,000 cubic feet of helium, climbing. The crane rolled forward with the capsule until the line was perpendicular to the ground, then released the capsule.* Photo: Predrag Vuckovic/Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Eva Baumgartner watches her son reach for the heavens. His parents ventured beyond Europe for the first time to see their son set a record for the world's highest skydive.* Photo: Stefan Aufschnaiter/Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Members of Baumgartner's ground crew cheer the launch of the Red Bull Stratos capsule.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Baumgartner steps into the void from 24.2 miles up.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Felix Baumgartner, "coming home" from 24 miles above the earth. He nailed the landing, too.*
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    *Baumgartner, headed home and approaching Mach 1.24.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Mission Control watches Baumgartner's amazing dive from 24.2 miles up.* Photo: Stefan Aufschnaiter/Red Bull Content Pool
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    *Although Baumgartner jumped from 128,097 feet, he didn't deploy his parachute until he was at about 6,000 feet.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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