Win a LEGO astronaut that’s actually been to space
A Czech PR agency launched 1,000 LEGO astronauts into space – and you can win one of them for yourself.
The weekend of June 20 and 21 saw Kreativ Gang launch 1,000 astronauts into space in a collaboration with NASA architects, experts from the CIIRC ?VUT Robotic Centre, and the LEGO Group. The rockets had 1,000 minifigure space explorers glued down in a smiling, seated position, ready for their adventure.
Three lightweight rockets made it 35,564m high into the sky, each carrying 333 minifigures each, after taking off from Malé Bielice Airport near Partizánske, Slovakia. Balloons carried them up into the stratosphere before bursting, after which the rockets glided back to the ground on parachutes. To ensure the rockets were light enough to complete the journey, they are made out of carbon fibre, 3D-printed stainless steel, and plastic.
“To make the [LEGO] figures stay on the space shuttle after the balloon burst was a major challenge,” Matusinky told Space.com. “We wanted [the figures] to be exposed directly to space, not to be stored inside anything. But during the free fall stage [before the parachute opened], they experienced speeds of up to 300 km/h [186 mph], so that was a challenge.”
Luckily, all 1,000 astronauts made it safely back down to Earth – which means you could be in with a chance of winning one of the intrepid explorers. Kreativ Gang is also running a competition for those based in Czechia or Slovakia where you can win one of the jet-setting astronauts. You’ll need to buy any LEGO product and keep the receipt, before registering it via the website. The competition opened on June 22 and will run until July 31.
See the 35km journey in full via the embedded TikTok below.
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This isn’t the first time that LEGO astronauts have travelled far from the ground, with NASA’s Artemis programme also taking some brick-built creations into space.
Featured image: Kreativ Gang
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IS not a Czech company. Is Slovak company.
Aand i actually won one!!
So did I! Excited to see if the little buildable vitrine that is supposed to come with it is an actual legit set with a set number. You got that package yet?
Congrats on the win! We’d be very interested in photos of the prize once it arrives, if you are able to send any to chris[at]brickfanatics.com. Thanks!
Haven’t arrived yet but will shoot you an email when it does
Fun contest but you need to have a adres to deliver there and also a phone number so other people from other countries can’t win
it is amazing that a lego brick can be made into a rocket and go into space
Wow!! Make Space!
The sky really is the limit when it comes to lego and your imagination.
I have plenty of SPACE for one of these little Legonauts to retire at my house. What a ride!
Fantastic project and a great way to get children interested in space.
Please remember that they went 35,564m high, so they didn’t quite go to space. Space starts at 100,000m high and due to the lack of atmosphere, balloons can’t reach anyway near that far. This is why space balloon enthusiasts refer to these heights as the edge of space.
From memory I think the record is around 42,000m high.
These mini figures did get over 1/3rd of the way to space, experiencing both freezing and baking temperatures, which is a big achievement with such a heavy load.