This week Long Island’s Republic Aviation Corp. proudly announced the results of the flight: its XF-91, powered by a General Electric J47 turbojet and a Reaction Motors rocket engine, had become the ...

(DEK) The legendary Austrian skydiver who shattered the sound barrier and redefined the boundaries of human flight has died in a paragliding accident at 56. Felix Baumgartner didn't just fall from the ...

Felix Baumgartner died Thursday in a paragliding crash in Porto Sant’Elpidio, Italy, according to the local mayor. Baumgartner made history in 2012 by jumping from 24 miles above Earth and breaking ...