toys Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:56:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg toys Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 LEGO Figures In Space https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/09/14/lego-figures-in-space/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:53:43 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=3175 In August, a rocket was sent to deliver a space probe, called Juno, to Jupiter to study the planet.

The probe carried three unique stowaways.

Three special LEGO figures, made of aluminum, are accompanying Juno on its five-year mission. The figures look like the Roman god Jupiter, his sister Juno and the Italian astronomer Galileo.

Jupiter carries a lightning bolt. Juno has a magnifying glass to help her search for truth. And Galileo carries a telescope and a model of the planet Jupiter.

People at NASA approached LEGO and asked them to design the special minifigs, which cost about $5,000 each. They had to build them very carefully so they didn’t interfere with any of the probe’s sensitive instruments.

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