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.





People at the mission control center in Roswell, New Mexico, watch Baumgartner during his ascent on Sunday.
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