Here's a nice story about a girl in California who made the best science project ever, sending Hello Kitty way way up to space, 17 miles up! At that altitude, the balloon burst (as expected), then the parachute worked perfectly, and Hello Kitty landed safely, 47 miles away from the launch site. Just amazing!
This is on lots of websites now, here's one story about it:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens?source=rss
And the video:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REsCTG4-Gg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REsCTG4-Gg[/ame]
This is on lots of websites now, here's one story about it:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens?source=rss
And the video:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REsCTG4-Gg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REsCTG4-Gg[/ame]