Over the weekend Felix Baumgartner broke all kinds of records with his free fall from the edges of outer space. Most impressive was how Felix broke the sound barrier with his own body. 

After flying to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon, Felix Baumgartner completed Sunday morning a record breaking jump for the ages from the edge of space, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier flying in an experimental rocket-powered airplane. The 43-year-old Austrian skydiving expert also broke two other world records (highest freefall, highest manned balloon flight), leaving the one for the longest freefall to project mentor Col. Joe Kittinger.

The Redbull sponsored mission was designed to gather data about the extreme conditions on the outer limits of our world. A video of the jump can be found here. 

Truly cool stuff. This has been a great year for space geeks. What do you think is the next great stunt?