Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner on Sunday performed his long-awaited jump from the edge of outer space, and successfully broke a slew of records.

By jumping out of balloon elevated at a height of 128,100ft (24 miles) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old broke the record for the highest ever freefall.

He has also become the first human to go faster than the speed of sound in sky. He reached a maximum speed of 833.9 miles per hour.

Baumgartner soared in a small capsule that was attached to a big helium-filled balloon. After soaring for more than two hours, he reached an altitude more than 24 miles above the Earth.

After freefalling, he took just around 10 minutes to reach Earth. He used parachute for only the last few thousand feet to reach Earth.

The biggest risk that the Austrian daredevil faced was spinning out of control that could have exercised extreme G-force and made him unconscious.

The video feed, which was watched by more than 7 million people on video-sharing site YouTube alone, was broadcast on a twenty-second delay with an aim to provide news stations with time to cut broadcast in case any tragedy struck.

The previous highest freefall was made by Kittinger, who had jumped from a helium envelope elevated at an altitude of 102,800ft in 1960.