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Speeds more than 500 miles an hour as he fell back to earth. as abc's josh elliott reports, all of this was actually just a warm-up. >> reporter: in the predawn darkness, preparations begin on earth for a leap from the stratosphere. the balloon gently fills with helium, a vessel made of material as thin as a dry cleaning bag that will lift felix baumgartner more than 90,000 feet above the earth. with the wind at bay, the capsule lifts off. >> 6,300 feet. >> reporter: 90 minutes later it reaches an altitude of 18 miles or 96,640 feet to be precise. baumgartner pushing the limits on what we know...
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