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Sunday, the 14th of October. The world is watching as a man in a spacesuit flies a balloon toe 128,000 feet. At the age of space he leads the capsule stands on a tiny step on jumps. He becomes the first person to fall faster than the speed of sound. But although the world watched, I didn't see the whole storey. Seconds earlier as he fell, Felix Baumgartner had lost control and came close to disaster. Howe On the way up, he was nearly forced to call off the whole jump on how four years of struggles and setbacks pushed the mission to the brink of collapse. This is the untold storey of how a team of scientists and skydivers took a giant leap that stunned the world. Felix Baumgartner is gripped by an obsession. He wants to fly higher, further faster than any human has ever dead. But to realise that dream, he needs to break a record that has stood for more than 50 years. In 1960 test pilot Joe Kittinger volunteered for a mission to test survival at the edge of the earth's atmosphere. Protected by just a pressure suit, he flew a balloon beyond 100,000 feet. Not only did he survive the flight at the edge of space, he did something extraordinary. Joe fell 19 miles back to Earth. His feet was so dangerous and technically difficult that it has never been matched before Felix and take on his near space mission. He needs to be trained. Only one man has the skills and experience for the job. Retired Colonel Joe Kitten Joe has come out of retirement to help Felix break his record and become the first person to freefall faster than the speed of sound.