{"id":846,"date":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=846"},"modified":"2017-03-01T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:43:15","slug":"sam-cuddly-toy-balloon-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/cool-kids\/general-kids-club\/sam-cuddly-toy-balloon-space\/","title":{"rendered":"School kids send cuddly toy on a space mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"width: 660px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-846-1\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/morecambe-bay.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/morecambe-bay.mp4\">http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/morecambe-bay.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It\u2019s a small, cuddly dog attached to a giant balloon\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This amazing footage shows Sam the pooch on a one-dog voyage into outer space &#8211; but don\u2019t worry, he\u2019s only a <em>toy<\/em> dog!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The cuddly mutt was sent on his mission by students at Morecambe Bay Community primary school as part of a science project.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-3.jpg\" alt=\"Morecambe Bay Community Primary School send cuddly toy on a space mission\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-3.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-3-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Attached to a huge helium balloon (much bigger than your average!) and armed with a GoPro camera, little Sam was released from the Midland Hotel in Morecambe at 12:05pm on Tuesday 5 April &#8211; to a chorus of cheers from his classmates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The fluffy explorer rose at a rate of 6m per second and managed to reach an altitude of 15.5 miles (25km!) before descending back to Earth &#8211; <em>and what a view he got<\/em>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The balloon, which was designed to burst at a certain altitude, drifted back down to Earth via parachute and landed in a field near Burnley, with all the equipment still attached.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6245\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-2.jpg\" alt=\"Morecambe Bay Community Primary School send cuddly toy on a space mission\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blast off! Sam takes off from the Morecambe Hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All except, that is, little Sam &#8211; who despite being fitted with a GPS tracker, hasn\u2019t been found since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cUnfortunately Sam became detached upon his descent and has now gone missing,\u201d said Trudi Wilkinson, Business Manger at the school. \u201cWe have a rough idea where he landed from the data recorded, but have 340 very worried children about our intrepid Sam.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As a result, the school\u2019s local radio station has now started a FindSam campaign to return the courageous canine to his hometown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fingers crossed the daredevil doggy returns home safe and sound!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6244\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-1.jpg\" alt=\"Morecambe Bay Community Primary School send cuddly toy on a space mission\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Morecambe-Bay-Community-Primary-School-send-cuddly-toy-on-a-space-mission-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam sent this incredible footage back to ground control!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Have you seen Sam? What did you make of his trip into space? Let us know by leaving a comment, below!<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It\u2019s a small, cuddly dog attached to a giant balloon\u2026 This amazing footage shows Sam the pooch on a one-dog voyage into outer space &#8211; but don\u2019t worry, he\u2019s only a toy dog! The cuddly mutt was sent on his mission by students at Morecambe Bay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/cool-kids\/general-kids-club\/sam-cuddly-toy-balloon-space\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School kids send cuddly toy on a space mission<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[634,947,159],"christmas-category":[],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-kids-club","tag-school","tag-science","tag-space","countries-ireland","countries-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School kids send cuddly toy on space mission | National Geographic Kids<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Morecambe Bay Community Primary School kids send cuddly toy on a space mission: Is it a bird, is it a plane? 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