The worlds' most powerful nations have spent billions of dollars getting into space.
But a man in northern England has done the same thing - for just a few hundred dollars.
The amateur photographer has captured breathtaking pictures of the earth from high in the atmosphere using a $75 camera attached to a weather balloon.
Andrew Potter reports.
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