Skydiver lands safely after 24-mile leap to Earth

Baumgartner came down in the eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from his capsule 28,000 feet, or 24 miles, above Earth. He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing, sending off loud cheers from onlookers and friends inside the mission's control center in Roswell, N.M.

By: By Juan Carlos Llorca, Associated Press, Superior Telegram