Space From the Edge of Space: Felix Baumgartner’s Death-Defying Dive Oct. 15, 2012 prev3 of 27next JOERGE MITTER / EPA / RED BULL STRATOS / HANDOUT Felix Baumgartner of Austria sitting in his trailer during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M., on 14 Oct. 2012. Share Read Later The Austrian skydiver broke the world record for highest skydive by jumping from 24 miles above the Earth.