In Photos: Steps to a Supersonic Skydive

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Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking, supersonic skydive called Red Bull Stratos.

(Image credit: Luke Aikins/Red Bull Content Pool)

Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria performs during the first high altitude test jump from an airplane for the Red Bull Stratos mission in Taft, Calif., on Feb. 20 2012.

Lofty Tumble

Felix Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking, supersonic skydive called Red Bull Stratos.

(Image credit: Luke Aikins/Red Bull Content Pool)

The Austrian daredevil exits a plane during a test jump in Taft, Calif., on June 21, 2012.

Jeanna Bryner
Managing editor, Scientific American

Jeanna Bryner is managing editor of Scientific American. Previously she was editor in chief of Live Science and, prior to that, an editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species, including the gorgeous Florida Scrub Jay. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is a firm believer that science is for everyone and that just about everything can be viewed through the lens of science.