NOVA21 had a special guest on board the flight: Wee Rex from Dinosaur Comics! He’s an adorable fluffy squishy stuffed T-Rex.
We mounted him on a couple of sticks of balsa wood to the payload containing JOEY-M and the cameras:
Then we sent him up, getting a ton of good photos:
He got to approximately 28km altitude before the balloon popped and NOVA21 descended by parachute.
We put together a time lapse video of the whole flight:
It’s pretty cool! Ryan North, creator of Dinosaur Comics, said:
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would ever watch T-Rex go into space.This has made my LIFE
— Ryan North (@ryanqnorth) March 30, 2012
Success!