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October 10, 2012

Baumgartner's Record-Setting Jump Attempt Cancelled Tuesday

High Winds Forced The Postponement, No New Date As Yet Scheduled

High winds in the New Mexico desert have once again forced the postponement of Felix Baumgartner's attempt to break records both for skydiving altitude and freefall speed. The launch of the Red Bull Stratos capsule from the desert outside Roswell, NM, was stopped at 1142 local time Tuesday, just before Felix Baumgartner's giant 30 million cubic foot balloon had been fully inflated and made ready for take off.

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