Renowned daredevil Felix Baumgartner, famous for his record-smashing stunts — including a 24-mile skydive from the edge of space in 2012 — has died in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to ...

(CNN) — Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday, local media reported.

The beauty of the internet was put into full effect on Sunday when 8 million people around the world tuned into YouTube to watch one super dare-deveil sky diver jump from space to, like, Earth. Felix ...

Felix Baumgartner's record-setting jump from the edge of space captivated millions watching the Red Bull-sponsored event live online via YouTube. And the 43-year-old Austrian skydiver's two-hour, ...

Footage from Felix Baumgartner's helmet camera as he jumped from space has been released. The Austrian-born skydiver freefell from 128,000 ft (39 km, or 24.3 miles) above Earth on Sunday (October 14), ...

Baumgartner was given the go ahead for his dive from the edge of space. June 25, 2012 — -- Daredevil Felix Baumgartner this morning landed from his 18-mile dive back to Earth from the edge of ...

Update #3: Okay, so, he's alive. It worked. That was all a bit stressful, yes? Baumgartner survived jumping from almost 130,000 feet above the earth. He didn't break the record for longest free fall.