From Primed for Sound Editor:
Vinyl record advocate and musician Jack White led a successful project to launch and land a vinyl record player into space and back without the player stopping - or even the needle skipping. The record player, souped up for conditions to operate on the edge of earth's atmosphere, played during the entire journey of the 96,000 foot trip by balloon. The apparatus descended back to earth, eased by parachute, landed and was found with the record still spinning and music still playing.
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Vinyl record advocate and musician Jack White led a successful project to launch and land a vinyl record player into space and back without the player stopping - or even the needle skipping. The record player, souped up for conditions to operate on the edge of earth's atmosphere, played during the entire journey of the 96,000 foot trip by balloon. The apparatus descended back to earth, eased by parachute, landed and was found with the record still spinning and music still playing.
Here is the full article.
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