Two teenagers from Toronto, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, sent a Lego minifigure into space! Our Lego friend was sent in space attached to a homemade weather balloon! It took them only 400$ to get all the materials and to build everything! The Lego man was able to reach 24 kilometres above earth! At the end, the minifig landed 122 km. from it's starting point on earth.
Check out the original article and the video of the minifigure in space! http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/toronto-high-school-students-send-lego-man-space-215204733.html