Saturday, September 29, 2012

A Toy Train in Space

A little boy's favorite train "Stanley" was sent to space in a weather balloon with a HD camera and an old cell phone for GPS. He was recovered 27 miles away in a corn field and got some great footage of the trip. This video documents the journey from liftoff to landing.




Here's the first video A Train and His Boy (a year before a Toy Train in Space), documenting the beginning of friendship:


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