NASA Has a Little Fun With Buzz
Written by Nancy Atkinson
Buzz Lightyear returns from 15 months in the ISS. Credit: NASA. Click for larger image.
Buzz Lightyear, that is. The action figure returned from space on Sept. 11, aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. Word has it that Disney is quite excited about his return, and will give him a ticker-tape parade on October 2, along with some of his his space station crewmates and the original Buzz, Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin, at Walt Disney World in Florida.
So what was Buzz doing on the ISS?
While in space Buzz supported NASA's education outreach program — STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)–by creating a series of fun educational online outreach programs. Following his return, Disney is partnering with NASA to create a new online educational game and an online mission patch competition for school kids across America. NASA will fly the winning patch in space. In addition, NASA plans to announce on Oct. 2, 2009, the details of a new exciting educational competition that will give students the opportunity to design an experiment for the astronauts on the space station.
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September 18th, 2009 at 8:11 am
That is very cool.
September 18th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
To low earth orbit! And no where else!