A balloon filled with helium rises into the sky but is not attached to the capsule of French skydiver Michel Fournier for his second attempt in two days to jump from 130,000 feet above the earth Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Fournier's hopes to set a new free-fall record might have drifted away with the balloon.
A balloon filled with helium rises into the sky without the capsule of French skydiver Michel Fournier, scrubbing his second attempt in two days to jump from 24 miles above the Earth Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The balloon was reported to have cost at least $200,000 and Fournier was said to have already exhausted his finances.
French skydiver Michel Fournier, 64, walks back to an airport hanger with several crew members after a second attempt to jump 24 miles from above the Earth didn't take place Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. The helium balloon Fournier was going to use to soar to the stratosphere drifted away into the sky without the capsule.
French skydiver Michel Fournier, 64, walks around in an airport hanger with crew members after his second attempt to jump didn't take place Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The helium balloon Fournier was going to use to soar to the stratosphere drifted away into the sky without the capsule.
French skydiver Michel Fournier, 64, hugs a member of his crew after his second attempt to jump from some 24 miles above the Earth didn't take place Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The helium balloon Fournier was going to use to soar to the stratosphere drifted away into the sky without the capsule.
Crews look over the empty pod of French skydiver Michel Fournier back at the airport hanger in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, after his attempt at a record-breaking jump from a special helium filled balloon and pod was postponed because of high winds at the launch site Monday, May 26, 2008.
Launch manager Dale Sommerfeldt talks about French skydiver Michel Fournier's attempt to break four free-fall records in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, on Monday May 26, 2008.
Crews hook up the pod of French skydiver Michel Fournier in preparation for his record-breaking attempt for the longest free-fall in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, on Monday May 26, 2008. High winds postponed the attempt.
French skydiver Michel Fournier gets loaded into an ambulance for transportation in preparation for his attempt to break four free fall records in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, on Monday, May 26, 2008.
Crews hook up the pod of French sky diver Michel Fournier in preparation for his attempt to break several records during a free-fall from 24 miles in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, on Monday, May 26, 2008.