For most people, a first skydive means jumping from a plane with an instructor. This time, it meant stepping out of a helicopter at nearly 19,000 feet for a tandem wingsuit flight — the highest, ...

Felix Baumgartner, who held a world record for skydiving, died at age 56 after a paragliding accident in Italy. Mayor Massimiliano Ciarpella confirmed his paraglider crashed in Porto Sant'Elpidio on ...

Yesterday, Felix Baumgartner successfully skydived from 128,100 feet (24.2 miles, 39 kilometers) above Roswell, New Mexico. In doing so, he now holds three world records: The highest manned balloon ...

Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver who made history with his skydive from space, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday. Baumgartner was 56. According to CNN affiliate ...

Felix Baumgartner, who once broke the world record for the highest skydive by jumping from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in Italy. The 56-year-old fell to the ground near the ...