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Dear beer enthusiasts!

A few weeks ago we sent a bottle of our favorite beer, "Sternburg Export", into the stratosphere on weather balloon.
An empty bottle was secured to a styrofoam box attached to the balloon. Inside the box we put a Contour HD action camcorder to film the whole flight, a GPS tracker, a thermometer, and a full bottle of Sternburg Export.
The helium weather balloon had a diameter of about 2.5m (8 ft) on the ground, and a diameter of 10m (33 ft) at its maximum altitude of 31,000m (100,000 ft), just before bursting. The box's exterior was exposed to a low temperature of -49.8°C (-57.6°F). But inside the pressurized box, the temperature fell to only -15°C (5°F) – not cold enough to freeze the First German Beer in Space, Sternburg Export.
The flight lasted a total of 2 hours and 10 minutes, covering a distance of 246km (153 mi) as the crow flies.
After the balloon burst, the box's fall was slowed by a parachute that provided the valuable cargo with a safe landing . With the help of a GPS tracker, we were able to track it to its landing site. Unfortunately the "Spaceship" landed in a 50-foot pine. Only with the help of two professional tree climbers could the intact box be recovered.

Thanks to all supporters and friends who made this a reality:
Sternburg Export - the First German Beer in Space

Sincerely,
the Sterninauts

:FI:Armitage wrote:Well a few things

1: It was an empy bottle so no beer in space
2: Space is generally considers to start at 100Km not the 31Km the bottle got.

So in fact what the Germans have achieved is to send an empty bottle approx 1/3 of the way to the edge of space.

An empty bottle was secured to a styrofoam box attached to the balloon. Inside the box we put a Contour HD action camcorder to film the whole flight, a GPS tracker, a thermometer, and a full bottle of Sternburg Export.