The space adventure you can't miss
October 14, 2012 -- Updated 1829 GMT (0229 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Felix Baumgartner to attempt skydive from 23 miles up
- Weather will determine whether the jump will go on
- Meteorologist Judson Jones is anxiously awaiting the jump
Editor's note: Judson Jones is a meteorologist, journalist and photographer. He has freelanced with CNN for four years, covering severe weather from tornadoes to typhoons. Follow him on Twitter:@jnjonesjr
(CNN) -- Update: Felix Baumgartner landed safely on Earth after jumping from 128,000 feet.
I will always wonder what it was like to huddle around a shortwave radio and through the crackling static from space hear the faint beeps of the world's first satellite -- Sputnik. I also missed watching Neil Armstrong step foot on the moon and the first space shuttle take off for the stars. Those events were way before my time.
As a kid, I was fascinated with what goes on in the sky, and when NASA pulled the plug on the shuttle program I was heartbroken. Yet the privatized space race has renewed my childhood dreams to reach for the stars.
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