A 12-year-old American girl launches a homemade rocket gift into space

A 12-year-old American girl Lauren · Lauren Rojas uses a homemade "cat rocket" to give a "Hello Kitty" toy to a simple weather balloon made in near space by Lauren Rojas. Foreign media reported that "Hello Kitty" is a very popular cartoon image among girls. Lauren Rojas, a 12-year-old girl from the United States, took her favorite "Hello Kitty" to the extreme, using a simple weather balloon to launch the "Hello Kitty" toy into space. Lauren Rojas reportedly made a simple weather balloon with a "cat rocket" containing a "Hello Kitty" toy attached to the lower end. The "Hello Kitty" toy was used to lift the balloon to the stratosphere 28.5 kilometers away, and the entire lift-off process was recorded through the camera on the rocket. Rojas also uploaded the video to the Internet to witness this "historic moment" with "Hello Kitty" fans around the world. Rojas said she has been a "Hello Kitty" fan since she was 6 years old. She purchased materials from a website that specializes in space experiments and spent weeks working on rockets, weather balloons and cameras. The "Hello Kitty" toy launched this time is her favorite thing purchased from Tokyo. According to reports, the rocket finally returned to the ground with the help of a parachute and landed on a tree 76 kilometers away from the launch site.