Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will try to smash the record for highest parachute jump set 50 years ago by Joe Kittinger. Baumgartner plans to take a pressurized capsule attached to a 450ft-high helium balloon up to at an altitude of 120,000ft, where he'll jump out and likely become the first person to go supersonic in freefall. More at BBC News.