Skydiver Felix Baumgartner will have wait until fall before attempting a supersonic jump from 23 miles up.
The Austrian was all set to take the plunge high above the New Mexico desert at the end of this month. But on a dry run in late July, the capsule that hoisted him to an altitude of more than 18 miles was damaged. The space-like capsule landed on a rocky, uneven surface and fell over.
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