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04-07-2016, 05:38 PM
Sam the stuffed dog goes missing in space, sparks desperate hunt
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LONDON — A frantic appeal has been launched in Lancashire, UK, to track down a stuffed dog that was last seen flying 25 km above the earth.
SEE ALSO: Stuffed animals in space: An appreciation (http://mashable.com/2016/03/19/stuffed-animals-nasa-space-station-soyuz/)
Sam, the fluffy mascot of Morecambe Bay Primary School and Midland Hotel, was attached to a helium balloon and launched into space Tuesday.
He hasn't been seen since.
After the helium balloon burst, Sam's space equipment fell back to earth and landed in a field near Burnley, the Burnley Express reports (http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/weird/appeal-launched-after-lancashire-astro-dog-lost-in-space-1-7837743).
Sam, however, was **where in sight.
Here's some footage from his voyage.
So what happened to Sam?
“Our footage indicates that one of the helium balloon tethers got tangled with the mascot when it burst at peak altitude and the freefall part of the flight commenced," Chris Rose from SentIntoSpace.com (http://sentintospace.com/) told the Burnley Express. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/sam-space-dog-missing/)
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LONDON — A frantic appeal has been launched in Lancashire, UK, to track down a stuffed dog that was last seen flying 25 km above the earth.
SEE ALSO: Stuffed animals in space: An appreciation (http://mashable.com/2016/03/19/stuffed-animals-nasa-space-station-soyuz/)
Sam, the fluffy mascot of Morecambe Bay Primary School and Midland Hotel, was attached to a helium balloon and launched into space Tuesday.
He hasn't been seen since.
After the helium balloon burst, Sam's space equipment fell back to earth and landed in a field near Burnley, the Burnley Express reports (http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/weird/appeal-launched-after-lancashire-astro-dog-lost-in-space-1-7837743).
Sam, however, was **where in sight.
Here's some footage from his voyage.
So what happened to Sam?
“Our footage indicates that one of the helium balloon tethers got tangled with the mascot when it burst at peak altitude and the freefall part of the flight commenced," Chris Rose from SentIntoSpace.com (http://sentintospace.com/) told the Burnley Express. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/sam-space-dog-missing/)
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