Lego makes a giant leap into space A legoman has gone where no legoman has gone before. Two Canadian high school students from Toronto claim to have flown him into space and they say they have pictures to prove it. Once their plan was hatched the pair put the plastic astronaut into space by way of a weather balloon and a special capsule design that could also carry four cameras high above the clouds. As for their next big project; the intrepid explorers say they have got their sights firmly fixed on getting into college. More about: Canada, Lego, Space exploration