Special school in Stockport launches their own astronaut 36km into orbit

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A special school in Stockport launched a successful ‘space’ mission in celebration of the school’s science week. Heaton School launched the doll, named Chelsea, above the Earth’s atmosphere in a three-hour journey.

During the school's science week, students took part in various space-themed activities including eating space food and creating messages to send to space. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Heaton School worked in partnership with Manchester University to teach their students which materials would work best in the atmosphere due to the harsh conditions.

Heaton School is Stockport’s Secondary Special School for young people with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, autism and complex medical needs.

The students were able to create protective material and a platform so the doll could return back safely. The space mission was named ‘Chalo’ which translates to ‘keep going’ in Urdu and was launched on Friday, June 16 using a weather balloon.