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The Red Bull Stratos mission, undertaken on October 14, 2012, went off without any major problems.  The mission was an attempt for a balloon assisted aircraft to reach a world record altitude of 120,000 ft and for a human to then perform a freefall skydive from the vehicle at that height.  The mission also had the potential for a human breaking the speed barrier during freefall.  This was achieved during the freefall descent to Earth.

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