Next stop: the edge of space. 
Daredevil adventurer Felix Baumgartner has successfully jumped from from 96,640 feet (29,455 meters)  from a custom balloon -- the last test required before his planned 23-mile freefall from the edge of space can take place. 
The test jump, completed Wednesday morning over Roswell, N.M., involved 3:48 minutes of free fall leading up to a 10 minute and 36 seconds decent. A spokesman for the Red Bull Stratos event, as the jump has been branded, could not provide additional details on the 17-mile leap.