Last Friday a dutch newscast showed the dutch astronaut Andre Kuypers on board the Soyuz capsule. During his chit-chat, he showed a small matchbox Thunderbird 3 that he had taken along on the journey. So it now goes to record that a Thunderbird 3 has actually gone into space to about 400 km height.

Update: A short video clip showing Thunderbird 3 in space is now available in the downloads section under "Video".