Argentine great Ginobili’s Spurs jersey sent into space

Manu Ginobili’s play on the basketball court was often out of this world and on Thursday the Argentine great’s San Antonio Spurs jersey was just that as the NBA had it sent into space with a zero-pressure balloon.

In recognition of Ginobili’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, an autographed, black No. 20 Ginobili jersey took off from Burgos, Spain, and reached more than 30 kilometres (18.64 miles) in height where it remained for about four hours.

The voyage was done with the support of B2Space, a firm that specializes in near space testing, and footage of the tribute was used as social media content for NBA Latin America channels.

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