KFC's
mission to
send a
chicken sandwich to the
edge of
space comes to an
early end
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The spicy
chicken sandwich has landed.*
A
mission in which KFC, along with private spaceflight company World View, launched a Zinger
sandwich into the stratosphere lasted only 17 hours—far short of its four-day goal.*
World View landed its "Stratollite"
early because of a small leak in its altitude control balloon system.
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KFC launched a chicken sandwich to the stratosphere, and they have a (very goofy) video to prove it
The
mission was in part to test the vehicle's altitude control and steering capabilities.*
According to a statement released by Jane Poynter, CEO of World View, all of the mission's test objectives were met.
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