flight – Sheffield Live! https://web.sheffieldlive.org Made in Sheffield. Made by You. Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:32:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Sheffield firm launches pumpkin into space https://web.sheffieldlive.org/sheffield-firm-launches-pumpkin-into-space/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:32:12 +0000 http://web.sheffieldlive.org/?p=134646 Sheffield-based near space balloon specialists, Sent Into Space, marked halloween with a trick of their own, floating a pumpkin into the upper atmosphere. The team, known for sending weird and wonderful items into the sky told Sheffield Live! that the pumpkin reached a height of 49.9km, well into the mesosphere. Azz Mohammed reports for Sheffield Live!

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