UK schoolkids send LEGO minifig to space

Students and faculty at Gobowen Primary School in Shropshire, England, sent a weather balloon, a camera, and a small, plastic passenger to the edge of space. While the experiment didn't work out quite as planned, it turned out to be quite an adventure for Dan the LEGO Man.

The camera is fixed on Dan's smiling face for the duration of the trip, even when …