'Space pie' survives trip to final frontier and lands in North Yorkshire village Published duration 16 December 2016

image copyright SentIntoSpace image caption Nobody has yet been brave enough to sample the "space pie"

A pie has "returned safely from space", organisers have said.

SentIntoSpace said it landed in Low Bentham, North Yorkshire about 50 miles from where it was launched , at about 13:30 GMT on Thursday.

"It was in decent shape, apart from the fact the lid came off when it landed and it had broken into two pieces," said Dan Blaney of the Sheffield firm.

Tracking software revealed the meat and potato pie attached to a weather balloon climbed to 29,500m (97,000ft).

media caption The pie at night: A camera is tracking the pastry's amazing journey

It had been launched about two-and-a-half hours earlier from Roby Mill in Wigan, Greater Manchester before landing near the Lancashire-North Yorkshire border.

SentIntoSpace, who also attached a video camera to the box containing the pie and tracking device, wanted to find out whether "space travel" affects the molecular structure of pies - not to mention how they taste.

Mr Blaney said: "I have contemplated eating a bit of it but I'm a vegetarian."

St Helens-based Ultimate Purveyors were commissioned to make the pie.