Answers.Body: <p>Super old thread but wanted to contribute :) I'm an engineer with Blue Origin and I'll be sending up this minifig later this month on the New Shepard rocket!</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <h1>Actual Minifigures In Space</h1>
  <p>There have been a <a href="http://legospace.com/en-us/Videos/Default.asp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">number of videos</a> posted from the ISS mission, where we can clearly see one of the astronauts (Satoshi Furukawa) on the station holding a model with some minifigures:</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/VwGzX.png" alt="Minifigs In Spaaaaaaace!" /></p>
  <p>On the <a href="http://legospace.com/en-us/Gallery/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gallery Pages</a> they list out &quot;Working and living in space - This is the LEGO models shown in the videos&quot;</p>
  <p>In the shots there are there are at least 7, if not 8 minifigs (assuming that each hair and face is part of a complete minifig, rather than having the bodies reused for the shots):</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/WosJx.jpg" alt="Working at the the equipment wall" />
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ThSb9.jpg" alt="Computers" />
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/sBXNF.jpg" alt="Getting ready for a space-walk" />
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lqpSM.jpg" alt="Sleeping Quarters" />
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/PTOeV.jpg" alt="Going to the toilet" />
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1bJkI.jpg" alt="Exercise Machines" /></p>
  <p>This appears to be the first time actual articulated minifigs have <em>officially</em> gone to space.</p>
  <p>In November 2021, <a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2021/november/minifigures-launch-into-space" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The LEGO Group announced</a> that two further minifigs would be travelling on the Artemis I launch as part of their <a href="https://education.lego.com/en-us/build-to-launch#meet-the-lego-space-team" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Build to Launch: A STEM Exploration Series</a>.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8KLyk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8KLyk.png" alt="Command Pilot Kate and Mission Specialist Kyle" /></a></p>
  <p>A Romanian named Oaida Raul sent the Lego Shuttle [bs:3367] up on a weather balloon to &quot;the edge of space&quot; on 31 December 2011, but hasn't released actual figures of the altitude reached:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><a href="http://microblade.blogspot.com/2012/03/2001-brick-odyssey.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">2001: A Brick Odyssey</a></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/eUrUF.png" alt="LEGO Shuttle on a weather balloon" /></p>
  <p>Two Canadian Students sent a Minifigure up to the stratosphere in January 2012, high enough to see the curvature of the earth, which can be seen reported on <a href="http://www.thestar.com/videozone/1120776" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the Toronto Star's pages</a>:</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/GkXAu.png" alt="Minifigure in the Stratosphere, about 24,000KM up" /></p>
  <h1>Minifigure Statues</h1>
  <p>Before then the closest thing to a minifig officially sent to space are the three custom built aluminium Minifigure statues that went up on the JUNO space craft this year:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/news/lego20110803.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JUNO Spacecraft to Carry Three Figurines to Jupiter Orbit</a></p>
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  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/U90Ut.jpg" alt="The Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei" /><br />
  The Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei</p>
  <p><a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-08/04/lego-minifigs-deep-space" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This wired article</a> concludes:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>This unique project has put a smile on many Nasa and Lego employees' faces and stirred up interest from other state space agencies, as well. Will LEGO minifigs take another trip in space soon? Time will tell. But until that day, keep an eye on the sky for the fastest moving toys in the universe.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>LEGOSpace.com's insistence on not supporting deep-linking fails me, but if you go to the <a href="http://www.legospace.com/en-us/Education/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Education Blog</a> and scroll to Thursday, August 04, 2011</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><strong>LEGO® Minifigures on a mission to promote space research</strong></p>
  <p>Three LEGO® Minifigures leave earth on the Juno deep-space probe today on a five-year mission to Jupiter to broaden awareness of the importance of planetary research.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <h1>Pictures of Minifigures</h1>
  <p>Prior to these two missions, previous missions have been <a href="http://news.legoeducation.us/sharedimages/pdf/news/LEGO-NASA-Education.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">promoted as sending Minifigures</a> to space when in fact what they actually contained were pictures of minifigures:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>LEGO bricks and products have been on several space missions. The latest mission with NASA was in 2004 when two astronaut minifigures hitched a ride on the <em>Spirit</em> and  <em>Opportunity</em> Mars Exploration Rovers.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>When in reality <a href="http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/pressroom/Archive.aspx?y=313332&amp;l=200071&amp;n=4437" rel="nofollow noreferrer">what happened was</a>:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Today, Opportunity returned pictures from Mars of another three “LEGO Bricks” and Sandy Moondust, the second “astrobot” representation of a LEGO Minifigure.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1dxwZ.png" alt="A stylised picture of a Mini-figure on mars" /></p>
  
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Answers.Text: @ErikOlson, nope, but they made a big thing about it, Lego under wrote the project, and nothing in the press stated that it had been done before "These will join the following mini-figures in space".
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Answers.Body: <p>Since 2010 there have been <a href="http://www.space.com/9472-nasa-launching-lego-space-shuttle-toy-real-shuttle-discovery.html" rel="noreferrer">Lego sets on the ISS</a> but no mention of minifigs officially manning the outpost. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>according to <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/news/lego20110803.html" rel="noreferrer">this NASA-article</a>: at least 3 - <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/577171main_lego20110803-full.jpg" rel="noreferrer">the minifigs of galileo galilei, the god jupiter and his wife juno</a>.</p>
  
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    <p>NASA's Jupiter-bound <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Juno spacecraft</a> will carry the
    1.5-inch likeness of Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno to Jupiter when the spacecraft launches this Friday, Aug. 5 [2011].</p>
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Answers.Body: <p>Actually, I think the correct answer to that is "none".</p>
  
  <p>While two Astrobots, <a href="http://www.brickset.com/minifigs/?m=sp061" rel="nofollow">Sandy Moondust</a> and <a href="http://www.brickset.com/minifigs/?m=sp061" rel="nofollow">Biff Sterling</a> were designed to follow the adventure of the two Mars exploration rovers, these only contained pictures of them, not actual minifigs.</p>
  
  <p>So this leaves us with the three custom-built aluminium minifigs of the JUNO spacecraft, but considering these as minifigs is a bit of a stretch. To me, these are but statues of minifigs, not real ones. They aren't even yellow!</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Not being yellow is no reason to exclude them from being Mini-figures ;) There are many "non-yellow" characters now, including non-licensed ones from the Minifigures range (Zombie, Werewolf, witch, vampire, etc.)
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Answers.Text: @ErikOlson - Not sure about minifigs - there's a video here of Duplo on the ISS: http://www.legospace.com/en-us/Videos/Default.aspx#354655
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Answers.Text: @Erik: not to my knowledge, but I could be wrong.
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Answers.Body: <p>There are also some up in the ISS right now:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010815a-lego-minifigures-space-station.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010815a-lego-minifigures-space-station.html</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I want to know how many have been to space (they don't have to have returned.) </p>
  
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Comments.Text: In space, but no minifig (in german): http://it-republik.de/jaxenter/artikel/Java-goes-to-space-0092.html
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ThreadText: # How many minifigs have actually flown in space?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-10-28)
  
  I want to know how many have been to space (they don't have to have returned.)
  
  **Tags:** minifigures, history
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: In space, but no minifig (in german): http://it-republik.de/jaxenter/artikel/Java-goes-to-space-0092.html  
  
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  ## 6 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2011-10-28. Score: 25
  
  # Actual Minifigures In Space
  
  There have been a [number of videos](http://legospace.com/en-us/Videos/Default.asp) posted from the ISS mission, where we can clearly see one of the astronauts (Satoshi Furukawa) on the station holding a model with some minifigures:
  
  ![Minifigs In Spaaaaaaace!](https://i.sstatic.net/VwGzX.png)
  
  On the [Gallery Pages](http://legospace.com/en-us/Gallery/Default.aspx) they list out "Working and living in space - This is the LEGO models shown in the videos"
  
  In the shots there are there are at least 7, if not 8 minifigs (assuming that each hair and face is part of a complete minifig, rather than having the bodies reused for the shots):
  
  ![Working at the the equipment wall](https://i.sstatic.net/WosJx.jpg)
  ![Computers](https://i.sstatic.net/ThSb9.jpg)
  ![Getting ready for a space-walk](https://i.sstatic.net/sBXNF.jpg)
  ![Sleeping Quarters](https://i.sstatic.net/lqpSM.jpg)
  ![Going to the toilet](https://i.sstatic.net/PTOeV.jpg)
  ![Exercise Machines](https://i.sstatic.net/1bJkI.jpg)
  
  This appears to be the first time actual articulated minifigs have *officially* gone to space.
  
  In November 2021, [The LEGO Group announced](https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2021/november/minifigures-launch-into-space) that two further minifigs would be travelling on the Artemis I launch as part of their [Build to Launch: A STEM Exploration Series](https://education.lego.com/en-us/build-to-launch#meet-the-lego-space-team).
  
  [![Command Pilot Kate and Mission Specialist Kyle](https://i.sstatic.net/8KLyk.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8KLyk.png)
  
  A Romanian named Oaida Raul sent the Lego Shuttle [bs:3367] up on a weather balloon to "the edge of space" on 31 December 2011, but hasn't released actual figures of the altitude reached:
  
  > [2001: A Brick Odyssey](http://microblade.blogspot.com/2012/03/2001-brick-odyssey.html)
  
  ![LEGO Shuttle on a weather balloon](https://i.sstatic.net/eUrUF.png)
  
  Two Canadian Students sent a Minifigure up to the stratosphere in January 2012, high enough to see the curvature of the earth, which can be seen reported on [the Toronto Star's pages](http://www.thestar.com/videozone/1120776):
  
  ![Minifigure in the Stratosphere, about 24,000KM up](https://i.sstatic.net/GkXAu.png)
  
  # Minifigure Statues
  
  Before then the closest thing to a minifig officially sent to space are the three custom built aluminium Minifigure statues that went up on the JUNO space craft this year:
  
  > [JUNO Spacecraft to Carry Three Figurines to Jupiter Orbit](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/news/lego20110803.html)
  
  ![The Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei](https://i.sstatic.net/U90Ut.jpg)  
  The Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei
  
  [This wired article](http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-08/04/lego-minifigs-deep-space) concludes:
  
  > This unique project has put a smile on many Nasa and Lego employees' faces and stirred up interest from other state space agencies, as well. Will LEGO minifigs take another trip in space soon? Time will tell. But until that day, keep an eye on the sky for the fastest moving toys in the universe.
  
  LEGOSpace.com's insistence on not supporting deep-linking fails me, but if you go to the [Education Blog](http://www.legospace.com/en-us/Education/Default.aspx) and scroll to Thursday, August 04, 2011
  
  > **LEGO® Minifigures on a mission to promote space research**
  >
  > Three LEGO® Minifigures leave earth on the Juno deep-space probe today on a five-year mission to Jupiter to broaden awareness of the importance of planetary research.
  
  # Pictures of Minifigures
  
  Prior to these two missions, previous missions have been [promoted as sending Minifigures](http://news.legoeducation.us/sharedimages/pdf/news/LEGO-NASA-Education.pdf) to space when in fact what they actually contained were pictures of minifigures:
  
  > LEGO bricks and products have been on several space missions. The latest mission with NASA was in 2004 when two astronaut minifigures hitched a ride on the *Spirit* and *Opportunity* Mars Exploration Rovers.
  
  When in reality [what happened was](http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/pressroom/Archive.aspx?y=313332&l=200071&n=4437):
  
  > Today, Opportunity returned pictures from Mars of another three “LEGO Bricks” and Sandy Moondust, the second “astrobot” representation of a LEGO Minifigure.
  
  ![A stylised picture of a Mini-figure on mars](https://i.sstatic.net/1dxwZ.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: They didn't say those were the first did they?  
  > **username_4**: @ErikOlson, nope, but they made a big thing about it, Lego under wrote the project, and nothing in the press stated that it had been done before "These will join the following mini-figures in space".  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-09. Score: 7
  
  Super old thread but wanted to contribute :) I'm an engineer with Blue Origin and I'll be sending up this minifig later this month on the New Shepard rocket!
  
  [![Generic 1980-something space guy flying on Blue Origin's New Shepard later this month!](https://i.sstatic.net/R8Dts.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/R8Dts.jpg)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Great photo!  Thanks for sharing this with us.  Responding to "old" posts on StackExchange is a good thing.  It isn't just a forum or message board.  Did you name the minifig?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2011-10-28. Score: 4
  
  Since 2010 there have been [Lego sets on the ISS](http://www.space.com/9472-nasa-launching-lego-space-shuttle-toy-real-shuttle-discovery.html) but no mention of minifigs officially manning the outpost.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2011-10-28. Score: 4
  
  according to [this NASA-article](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/news/lego20110803.html): at least 3 - [the minifigs of galileo galilei, the god jupiter and his wife juno](http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/577171main_lego20110803-full.jpg).
  
  > NASA's Jupiter-bound [Juno spacecraft](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html) will carry the
  > 1.5-inch likeness of Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno to Jupiter when the spacecraft launches this Friday, Aug. 5 [2011].
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2011-10-28. Score: 1
  
  Actually, I think the correct answer to that is "none".
  
  While two Astrobots, [Sandy Moondust](http://www.brickset.com/minifigs/?m=sp061) and [Biff Sterling](http://www.brickset.com/minifigs/?m=sp061) were designed to follow the adventure of the two Mars exploration rovers, these only contained pictures of them, not actual minifigs.
  
  So this leaves us with the three custom-built aluminium minifigs of the JUNO spacecraft, but considering these as minifigs is a bit of a stretch. To me, these are but statues of minifigs, not real ones. They aren't even yellow!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: No minifigs on the ISS?  
  > **username_4**: Not being yellow is no reason to exclude them from being Mini-figures ;) There are many "non-yellow" characters now, including non-licensed ones from the Minifigures range (Zombie, Werewolf, witch, vampire, etc.)  
  > **username_4**: @ErikOlson - Not sure about minifigs - there's a video here of Duplo on the ISS: http://www.legospace.com/en-us/Videos/Default.aspx#354655  
  > **username_6**: @Erik: not to my knowledge, but I could be wrong.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2015-02-19. Score: 0
  
  There are also some up in the ISS right now:
  
  <http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010815a-lego-minifigures-space-station.html>
  
  
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