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Disney’s space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. While on the station, 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, on Oct. 2 NASA plans to announce details of a new exciting educational competition that will give students the opportunity to design an experiment for astronauts on the Space Station.September 11, 2009
NASA Photo / Tony Landis