Students offer £350 flights into space

A pair of students are to launch £350 space flights.

Chris Rose and Alex Baker, from the University of Sheffield in Yorkshire, have created a spacecraft which is able to carry cargo up to 37km above the earth.

Alex said: "It's a hobby that has really caught the imagination. The space shuttle programme cost $200 billion, so getting our spacecraft to 37km for £350 feels amazing and quite a bargain."

Their latest space flight featured a billboard advert, which had the names of more than 2,000 students and academics from the university on.