Amaze, amaze, amaze! A Lego version of the ‘Project Hail Mary’ spaceship soared into the stratosphere and set an altitude record.
Project Hail Mary and Sent Into Space set a new Guinness World Records title for the highest altitude launch and retrieval of a Lego set, reaching an altitude of 114,790 feet (34,988 meters) using a high-altitude balloon system launched from Gwynedd County, United Kingdom. (Image credit: Sent into Space)
A ‘Project Hail Mary’ Lego spaceship set a new record for highest altitude launch and retrieval of a Lego kit.
The Lego brick build, based on the hit Hollywood film, flew to an altitude of 114,790 feet (34,988 meters) on March 20 aboard a stratospheric balloon launched in Gwynedd County, U.K. The launch was done to market the movie, which is based on a best-selling 2021 Andy Weir novel.
Onboard, naturally, were minifigures of astronauts Ryland Grace and Rocky, presumably fisting their bumps in celebration. Sony Pictures Releasing UK, which distributed the film in the region, partnered with Sent in Space, which is a company that helps others do stratospheric advertisements. But the flight didn’t make it to space, as the widely-recognized Kármán line demarking space is three times higher than the flight’s altitude at 62 miles (100 km).
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