Skydiver breaks sound barrier in record jump by Carter Brown

I thought this story was pretty cool. Felix Baumgartner, a daredevil skydiver, jumped from a whopping 24 miles up in the air and, while plummeting down to Earth, reached a speed of Mach 1.24, which is equal to 833.9 miles per hour thus breaking the sound barrier. It took him about 9 minutes to make it all the way up, and took about half that time to fall back to Earth. People from around the world tuned in the watch his ascent and descent via the internet. Basically to achieve this feat, he attached a capsule to a huge weather balloon, rode it up, and with the protection of a special pressurized suit, he was able to break, not only the sound barrier, but a world record as well. http://www.idahopress.com/news/national/skydiver-descends-miles-breaks-sound-barrier/article_f64974cb-284e-5c71-b214-2d9b84279038.html