On 14 October 2012 , Baumgartner flew Motion approximately into the stratosphere over New Mexico , United States , in a helium balloon before free falling Motion_directional in a pressure suit and then parachuting Self_motion to Earth .

The event is the namesake for the Vesuvian type of volcanic eruptions Catastrophe , characterized by eruption columns of hot gases and ash exploding into the stratosphere , although the event also included Cause_to_be_included pyroclastic flows associated Collaboration with Pelean eruptions Catastrophe .