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Earth Landing for 'Space Cheese'The BBC reports that a block of cheese launched into the upper atmosphere on Tuesday has been found undamaged in Buckinghamshire. The "interstellar cheddar" landed in Cressex - some 74 miles away - and was taken to High Wycombe police station on Wednesday night, the launch team said. The wedge was still in one piece but the flight-recording camera had failed. The helium pod's GPS system broke down soon after its launch to mark the Moon landing anniversary so the West Country Cheesemaker's team lost track of it. It was found in a garden and handed in to the police, the group said. It had been attached to a weather balloon which was launched from Wiltshire 18.6 miles (30km) into the atmosphere.
Read the full BBC news story at TheRegister - High-altitude cheese missing over southern England
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