Gallery: What It's Like to Have Your Space Jump Held Hostage by the Wind
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*A picture is worth 1,000 words: Felix Baumgartner, clearly disappointed, after high wind scuttled his plan to skydive from 120,000 feet.* Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
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*The launch site in the wee hours Tuesday as crews prepare for a launch that was not to be.* Photo: Jakob Schiller/Wired
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*The capsule was a hive of activity before dawn, even though the launch had been pushed to 11:30 a.m. Mountain time due to wind.* Photo: Jakob Schiller/Wired
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*Baumgartner dons his space suit and tends to last-minute details in his trailer early Tuesday morning before heading for his space capsule.* Photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool
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*"Fearless Felix" smiles from a TV monitor projecting a slideshow of the Red Bull Stratos project outside the media HQ. Journalists from around the world descended on Roswell for the launch. Most of them didn't get the story they'd come for.* Photo: Jakob Schiller
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*Baumgartner steps into his capsule to await his launch, by balloon, to 120,000 feet for a record-setting skydive. He had been strapped in and the balloon partially inflated before the launch was scrubbed.* Photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Baumgartner, a former military parachutist, offers a snappy salute before stepping into his capsule.* Photo: Jörg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool
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*After strapping in, Baumgartner waited patiently as his crew started inflating the 55-story balloon that would have carried him aloft.* Photo: Jakob Schiller/Wired
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*A TV cameraman catches some Z's while waiting for the launch. There was a lot of waiting as the launch, slated for dawn, was pushed to 11:30 a.m. and then postponed indefinitely at 11:42 due to wind.* Photo: Jakob Schiller/Wired
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*The crew started inflating the 30 million cubic-foot balloon with helium, only to realize it is far too windy to launch.* Photo: Jakob Schiller/Wired
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*The balloon twists in the wind as crews inflate it. It is designed to be filled once, so the Red Bull Stratos team deploy a backup when the launch is rescheduled.* Photo: Predrag Vuckovic/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Haley Murphy, social media project director for Red Bull Stratos, and another team member react to news that Baumgartner’s record-setting has been postponed — again — due to weather.* Photo: Jakob Schiller/Wired
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*Highlights from the day's activity.* Video: Red Bull Content Pool
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*The Red Bull Stratos team completed a "dress rehearsal" of the pre-launch procedure over the weekend to ensure the 58 steps required for launch go off without a hitch.* Video: Red Bull Content Pool
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