HOUSTON had no problem volunteering itself as a launchpad for a mallow's mission to the moon.

Staff from Glasgow Science Centre launched a Tunnock's Teacake from the Renfrewshire village into space today using a weather balloon to see if it came back intact or a gooey mess.

Terry the Teacake was spotted on Facebook circling the earth at lunchtime today by 33,000 people as he enjoyed just over two hours flying high above his native Scotland.

His peak altitude was 37,007 metres, which he took one hour 29 minutes to reach.

At that point he would've been exposed to UV-c, which is a type of harmful ultraviolet radiation which the ozone layer otherwise absorbs to stop it reaching ground level. 

It took Terry 40 minutes to return to earth where he landed in a tree in Galloway Forrest Park, surprisingly intact.

Dr Stephen Breslin, chief executive of Glasgow Science Centre said: “We engage people with space science every day, and we thought what better way to spark people’s imaginations and interest in STEM than for us to launch something into space ourselves. 

"We are delighted by how many people joined us at GSC, and online, to watch Terry’s space adventures.

"The next Glasgow Science video will be released next week, where we give another one of Scotland’s beloved treats the science treatment.”