Prepare yourself for some ghostly goings on! Cut out your own ghostly shape from Duggee's sheets before decorating it and carving a pumpkin. Then it's time to get spooky! Its journey was engineered as part of the Hey Duggee Space Week, and the mission will be presented by astrophysicist and comedian Dr Josie Peters.

We’re passionate about education at Sent Into Space and my little ones are big fans of Hey Duggee, so putting Duggee into space and teaching viewers about our planet is a very exciting project for us,” said Dr Chris Rose, Head of Projects & Business Development at Sent Into Space. Stunning imagery and video captured show the Golden Bear toy floating around 120 feet above the Earth. With almost four decades of producing award-winning, licensed ranges, Golden Bear continues to develop innovative and creative toys for some of the world’s most popular and iconic pre-school licensed brands. Golden Bear designs toys to stimulate your child’s imagination and help develop early skills. They pride themselves on providing an outstanding range of toys with quality, reliability, and safety at their heart.

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Hey Duggee Space Week runs from 28 November until 5 December, and Dr Peters will also share further fun facts on the mission, as well as footage from the launch.

When the balloon bursts, the craft falls at around 200mph for the first five minutes, before the parachute begins to slow the descent. By the time it lands, it’s moving at 5mph.

Take a look at this Awoofsome footage and commentary of the launch presented by Astrophysicist and Comedian Dr Josie Peters. The toy, inspired by the animated children’s show, travelled into space attached to a stratospheric balloon powered by hydrogen gas. Footage of the launch, plus further fun facts on the mission, are presented by Astrophysicist and Comedian Dr Josie Peters and is available to view on all of Hey Duggee’s social channels as part of Hey Duggee Space Week (running from 28 th November until 5 th December). Hey Duggee Space Week runs from November 28 until December 5, and Dr Peters will also share further fun facts on the mission, as well as footage from the launch.

Hey Duggee is a fun, inclusive and educational series devised by Grant Orchard, senior director of Studio AKA, and narrated by comedian Alexander Armstrong.