Children’s favourite Peppa Pig has travelled into outer space to commemorate a major solar eclipse in the UK.
On Wednesday, the moon is set to obscure more than 90 per cent of the Sun between 6.17pm and 8.06pm.
To celebrate the celestial event, the character embarked on a high-altitude mission, rising beyond 100,000 feet to drift just above the Earth’s atmosphere.
Captured in full 4K resolution, footage of the flight was presented at the NEC Birmingham’s Lakeside Cinema, the location of the interactive, walk-through Peppa Pig Space Adventure experience.
Produced as a bespoke addition to the attraction, the animation depicts her trip into space, tracking her ascent to the upper reaches of the planet’s atmosphere after launch.
From her vantage point aloft, Peppa caught sight of the NEC, alongside well-known landmarks throughout Birmingham and the surrounding region.
After soaring through space, Peppa returned safely to Earth as families watched her mission come to fruition from the ground.
NEC deputy chief executive officer Sarah Harvey said: “We’re thrilled to have helped Peppa Pig complete her world-first journey into space to launch a summer of adventure at Peppa Pig Space Adventure at the NEC!
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“It’s important for us to continue to inspire curiosity and creativity in the younger generation and this was a fantastic way of proving to young explorers that no dream is too big to achieve.
“We can’t wait to welcome more families to experience Peppa Pig Space Adventure this summer.”
Peppa Pig Space Adventure is a hands-on walk-through experience at the NEC, which encourages children to use their imaginations to blast off into space and land on the surface of the moon.
A competition is also now being held where young artists are being asked to design a rocket for Peppa.
Entries can be submitted online via peppapigspaceadventure.co.uk/competition before Tuesday, 1 September.
First launching in 2004, Peppa Pig is an animated children’s series that follows the titular character, an anthropomorphic piglet, and her family and friends.
It has since aired more than 450 episodes and spawned films, books, video games and theme parks.
