Written by Aaryen Labana, aged 7
On Wednesday the 4th November, our Evendons Lego figures, went into space! At 6am I had to go somewhere near Marlborough for the launch.
First of all I had to add helium to a large balloon, next I watched as the two men from ‘Sent into Space’ connected the parachute to the balloon. Finally the men connected the box that had the Lego figures attached to it: we called them Aaryen and Amy.
The box was filled with rocket pictures that the rest of the school had drawn. Finally the men told me to let go after the countdown: ‘10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 and let go!’ I let go and it flew up into space. The balloon went 35,000 feet high before it popped.
Later we went into the men’s truck and on the screen they showed the balloon going up into the stratosphere where the balloon popped and then they showed us where they thought it would land. I went with my Dad and followed the van as it tracked the balloon. We were headed for Fleet.
On the way back we stopped at Subway for breakfast with Patrick, our headteacher. Eventually we approached somewhere near the destination. The men told us the balloon had landed in a field, I was given a phone which had a tracker on it which led me to the box. I ran to it and found the Lego men and parachute.
We then returned to school and showed the rest of the school the amazing video of the journey into space. It took about 2 hours for the balloon to go into space and about 20 minutes for it to fall back down to earth. It was an awesome day.
