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This brilliant video shows a portion of Papas Fish and Chips being launched into the stratosphere and floating in space.

The fish and chips were launched from SentIntoSpace in Sheffield yesterday lunchtime.

A high-tech weather balloon had attached to it a box with a portion of fish and chips stuck in place, as well as a camera to show the meal around 37km above the earth.

The footage shows the takeaway floating into space, where it stayed for a few hours before the balloon burst, causing it to rain fish and chips.

(Image: Papas Fish and Chips)

Speaking to the Mail yesterday, owner George Papadomou, said: "The launch was perfect and everything went to plan. We counted down and then next thing it vanished in the sky.





"It felt momentous for a Hull fish and chip shop to be the first to do it.

"There's so much technology on it so we have been able to GPS track it and get video and pictures from it while it is in space."

He said that the fish, chips and slice of lemon were stuck in place so they did not fly off during the rocky launch.

(Image: Papas Fish and Chips)

"We had to make sure things survived during the launch, and once it's up there it's contending with gravity, the change in air pressure and freezing temperatures," he said.

"It won't be long before it drops back to earth, but it will be at about -60 degrees now, so I'm not sure you will want to eat it."