Red Bull Stratos is a scientific mission involving Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner. The mission will see Baumgartner ascend approximately 23 miles (37 km) over Roswell, New Mexico in a helium balloon before freefalling and parachuting to Earth.If successful, Baumgartner will break the sound barrier on his descent, becoming the first human to do so without vehicular power.
The project's launch on 9 October 2012 was delayed and eventually postponed due to strong winds. The revised launch date is 11 October.
