The lightsaber wielded by Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars movie will be launched into space aboard the shuttle Discovery later this year.
NASA is carrying the lightsaber into space to help celebrate this year’s 30th anniversary of Star Wars. The shuttle’s launch, which will carry seven astronauts to the International Space Station, is scheduled for Oct. 23.
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COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cool, but what if somthing bad happens to the space ship and the lightsaber was destroyed?
awesome. is george lucas paying for this to happen?
star wars is awesome
What next? Bring a dog house and a typewriter?
Weird idea but a AWESOME one. Star Wars rocks!!!!!!!! :->
So what? It’s just a toy. Thier coming back, so it’s not like aliens will c it. What are the astronauts going to do? Hit each other in the head? (sarcasim)
So?
so the lightsabre is still a model right?
I loved this blog. Its so awesome that thier taking a lightsaber into space:-)
as long as we don’t have another shuttle accident it will be…….AWSOME!
Will they send Darth Vaders lightsaber next year?
I love Star Wars it’s like, my favorite movie of all time! I also want to be a NASA scientist (hence the nickname), so that’s extra cool!
I agree with starwarsfreak x infinitve!
Thats sweet
Weird idea
Please don’t tell me that they’re releasing it into space… That would be STUPID.
Cool but kind of odd.
Sweet
Star wars rules
ooohkay
thats a little weird