No./5 ONE SMALL STEP FOR SHEEP
AARDMAN CO-FOUNDER PETER LORD ON SHAUN THE SHEEP BECOMING THE FIRST OF HIS KIND TO VISIT THE MOON IN NOVEMBER’S NASA MISSION
Where did the idea of sending a claymation sheep into space come from?
Well, it was a great surprise to me. One day I got an email saying, “Shaun’s going to go in this rocket.” I couldn’t believe it! But now I know how it came to pass: in Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, he went to space a bit in an extremely comical way, and I believe some of the European Space Agency saw it and thought he would be a good role model.