Toronto teens send Lego man into space: video
Using home-stitched parachute and equipment found on Craigslist, two 17-year-olds send Lego-naut 80,000ft into the airTwo Canadian teenagers have sent a Lego man into the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere using a home-stitched parachute and equipment found on Craigslist.Two weeks ago, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both 17, attached the plastic figurine replete with maple leaf flag to a helium balloon, which they sent 80,000 feet into the air.The pair managed to capture the entire journey into the blackness of space, including the descent, which lasted 97 minutes, using four cameras, at an entire cost of just £254.Spending four months of Saturdays on the project, the teenagers launched the professionally made weather balloon from a football pitch. It then soared to more than double the height of a commercial jet's cruising altitude - some 24km into the upper atmosphere from where the Earth's curvature can be seen.Having attached a GPS receiver to the styrofoam box carrying the cameras and Lego-naut, the t
Toronto teens send Lego man into space: video
A video posted on YouTube Wednesday appeared to show the amazing voyage of a Lego man sent into space on a homemade spacecraft by two Toronto students.
Wed 25 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
Canadian teens send Legonaut into space (+video)
Two Canadian boys sent a Lego Man 80,000 feet above the Earth and captured the voyage on video.
Mon 30 Jan 12 from The Christian Science Monitor
Lego Man Flies To The Edge Of Space
A pair of 17-year-olds from Canada, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, attached a styrofoam box with a Lego man, 4 cameras and a GPS equipped phone to a weather balloon. It nearly 80,000 feet before ...
Mon 30 Jan 12 from SPACE.com
Legonaut (Lego astronaut) rises high into the sky
Canadian teenagers Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad bought an inexpensive weather balloon. They connected it to a Styrofoam box with two cameras and a Lego plastic man. And, then they filled the ...
Sun 29 Jan 12 from iTWire
Canadian teens with $400 launch the first Legonaut into space
]]>Canada might not have much of a space program, but that could change once a couple of 17 year old schoolboys get into the workforce. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad managed to send a Lego Minifig ...
Sun 29 Jan 12 from Dvice
Teens Put Lego Man in 'Space' (Actually Stratosphere)
Two Canadian 17-year-olds spent $400 to launch their Lego minifigure on a near-space balloon ride.
Sat 28 Jan 12 from SPACE.com
17-year old teens send LEGO man into space
Canadian duo, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both only 17 years old, have managed to put the infamous Lego man, attached with the Canadian flag, into space. They managed to achieve this with extremely ...
Fri 27 Jan 12 from ZME Science
17-year old teens send LEGO man into space, Fri 27 Jan 12 from ZME Science
Lego-Man boldly goes where no Lego has gone before
Going where very few Canadians have gone before, pictured above is possibly the first Lego-Man in space. Launched from Canada by two clever young gentlemen, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, the ...
Thu 26 Jan 12 from Geek.com
Canadian teenagers send Lego man into space
Using home-stitched parachute and equipment found on Craigslist, two 17-year-olds send Lego-naut 80,000ft into the airTwo Canadian teenagers have sent a Lego man into the outer reaches of the ...
Thu 26 Jan 12 from Guardian.co.uk
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