Students search desert for lost rocket after attempted launch to space

A team of students from Imperial College London is in limbo after losing the £150,000 rocket they launched towards space on 24 September. Volunteers are scouring the Mojave desert in California for evidence that will establish whether the mission was successful or not.

The Karman Space Programme (KSP) was founded by students two years ago with the aim of breaking through the Kármán line, 100 kilometres above Earth’s surface, which is widely recognised as the edge of space.