In 2012, Felix Baumgartner became famous for

A) becoming the first individual to complete a free-fall from the stratosphere.
B) breaking Joseph Kittinger's long-held height and speed free-fall record.
C) completing the longest spacewalk from a Space Shuttle.
D) discovering the true composition of the stratospheric ozone layer.


B

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