An Austrian daredevil leapt into the stratosphere from a balloon hovering near the edge of space 38 kilometres above Earth, breaking as many as three world records including the highest skydive ever, project sponsors said. Cheers broke out as Felix Baumgartner, 43, jumped from a skateboard sized shelf outside the 3.3-by-2.4 metre fiberglass and acrylic capsule that was carried as high as 128,000 feet by an enormous balloon.