"Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, seeks to surpass limits that have existed for 50 years. Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to 120,000 feet and attempt a freefall jump targeted to reach – for the first time in history – supersonic speeds". From: http://www.redbullstratos.com/
NYT article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/science/16tier.html
