A LEGO spacecraft has reached the edge of space – and made it back – setting a new world record in the process.
A model based on the film Project Hail Mary was launched nearly 35 kilometers above Earth using a high-altitude balloon, establishing a new Guinness World Records title for the highest altitude launch and retrieval of a LEGO set.
The mission, carried out by UK-based aerospace engineering company Sent Into Space in collaboration with Sony Pictures UK, saw the LEGO model climb to 34,988 meters (114,790 feet) into the stratosphere before safely returning to Earth. [Read more…] about LEGO rocket reaches edge of space in record-breaking stratosphere mission for Project Hail Mary