Can you send a teacake into space?

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Can you send a teacake into space?

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Posted on October 11th 2017

What would happen if you sent one of Scotland's much loved Tunnock's Teacakes into space?

In the latest Glasgow Science video, we put “Terry the Teacake” through astronaut training where the marshmallow treat took part in a simulated rocket launch, was exposed to the low temperatures and pressure of space and then the blistering heat experienced during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere!

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