UK Jumps Into Space Race… Sort Of

Terry Olaes

Terry Olaes

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While India, China, and the US have been busy sending people up into space or probes into the moon, Britain has stayed on the sidelines and watched. That changed when 4 UK explorers were sent into space with nary a fanfare. The explorers were teddy bears as part of a science project for some 11 and 12-year-olds in Cambridge.

The bears, dressed in their special suits, were launched from Churchill College on a foam-padded box containing instrumentation and cameras. The balloon climbed to 30km.
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