Thursday, May 19, 2011

LEGO in Space! (with baby squids and worms)


These are the first LEGO sets launched into space!


LEGO Hubble telescope
You might recognize some of them from classroom LEGO DACTA sets. I am told, "the windmill, sail car, fishing pole, hammer, balance, and measuring device are from the Dacta 9686 set".The first person to build Lego models in space would be astronaut Cady Coleman, a former United States Air Force officer and current NASA astronaut now living in the International Space Station as part of Expedition 27.(via brothers-brick.com via gizmodo.com)

For photos of each set, & more details, click this link: gizmodo.com first-lego-sets-in-space