Dad Sends his Son’s Favourite Toy into Space

Stanley’s view from the stratosphere

On 24th August, one proud Dad took his four year old son’s favourite toy, a train called “Stanley”, and sent it into space.

Ron Fugelseth built a hot air balloon with the help of his son, to which they attached Stanley, an HD camera to record the whole event, and an old phone with GPS to track the location.

The balloon rose to the Stratosphere at approximately 18 miles high before the balloon burst and Stanley came tumbling back to earth, with his fall softened by a parachute.

It took Stanley an hour to reach the Stratosphere and 20 minutes to fall back to earth.

It’s a beautifully animated and filmed story

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