Robot sent into space to celebrate Neil Armstrong's birth captures incredible views of the Earth - FREE video

Toy robot sent into space to celebrate Neil Armstrong's birth captures incredible views of the Earth 

This August, to mark the month that legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong would have turned 85, Britain's best-loved talking robot boldly went where no toy robot had gone before.

Utilising the expertise of a high altitude ballooning expert, Confused.com prepped and primed their lovable mascot for a one-off mission into space. 

Taking off from a secret location in Ross-on-Wye, BRIAN travelled at a speed of 5.5m per second, whilst attached to a hydrogen weather balloon.

He reached dizzying heights of 35,200 metres - three times the height of a commercial airplane - as he successfully became the first ever price comparison mascot to breach the Earth’s stratosphere, taking in stunning vistas as his reward.

The journey took one hour and forty minutes to complete. Then began the race to his landing point, as BRIAN’s co-ordinates were traced to a location near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

BRIAN the Robot, intrepid space explorer, said:

“It’s one small step for robots; and one giant leap for robo-kind.”

To find out more about the mission: https://www.confused.com/brian-the-robot/brian-in-space