Want to see a robot in space? It may sound like a SunLive is promoting a science fiction movie, but no.

We're wanting to share with our readers a two minute highlight video of EOL's mascot Bleep's time in space.

Dr Tony Phillips and his team of American science students were in the Bay of Plenty this weekend as the launched three sub-orbital space weather balloons.

The balloons were launched in the Waikato and landed here in the Bay of Plenty.

The balloons were launched on Friday, as part of a global Spaceweather.com and Earth to Sky Calculus initiative which involved a number of students from Toi Ohomai, Otumoetai College and Mount Maunganui College.

Read more about the weekend launch here.