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Lego 'Sunbeam' Satellite
Credit: Composite by NASA/Maria Werries
The "Sunbeam" by Jay Semlis of England, grand prize winner in the "Imagining Our Future Beyond Earth" category, is a satellite designed to study the outer corona of the sun. Image released Sept. 5, 2013.
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Lego 'Flying Extinguisher 4000 Fish Eagle'
Credit: Composite by NASA/Jim Banke
The "Flying Extinguisher 4000 Fish Eagle," a winner in the "Inventing the Future of Flight" category, is a long range supertanker that puts out wildfires. It was designed by 16-year-old William Nodvik of the United States. Image released Sept. 5, 2013.
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Alternate View of Lego 'Fish Eagle'
Credit: William Nodvik
This alternate view of the Fish Eagle reveals how winner William Nodvik used LEGO bricks to design an aircraft capable of vertical takeoffs and landings. Image released Sept. 5, 2013.
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Lego 'Hydrogen-Powered Regional Airliner'
Credit: Composite by NASA/Jim Banke
The "Hydrogen-Powered Regional Airliner" by Claes Sundstrom of Sweden, overall winner in the "Inventing the Future of Flight" category, reduces noise, emissions and fuel use. Image released Sept. 5, 2013.
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Lego 'Hydrogen Airliner'
Credit: Claes Sundstrom
This alternate view of the Hydrogen Airliner reveals how winner Claes Sundstrom used LEGO bricks to design an aircraft that's more environmentally friendly. Image released Sept. 5, 2013.
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LEGO Space Station on Real Space Station
Credit: NASA
Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa poses with the LEGO model of the International Space Station that he built on board the real space station.
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Lego Curiosity Rover
Credit: Stephen Pakbaz via collectSPACE.com
Mechanical engineer Stephen Pakbaz's LEGO version of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity will be produced as a real LEGO model.
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LEGO Replica of Space Shuttle Enterprise
Credit: Jeremy Lips/SPACE.com
A LEGO replica of the space shuttle Enterprise, which was unveiled on July 26, 2013, at the Intrepid Museum's SpaceFest.
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Lego Man on Dove 2 Antenna
Credit: Copyright Planet Labs, Inc.
A Lego man sits on the antenna of Planet Labs' Dove 2 satellite, showing how small the spacecraft really is.
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LEGO ‘Master Builder’ Works on Mosaic Project at SpaceFest
Credit: Jeremy Lips/SPACE.com
LEGO "Master Builder" Ed Diment works on a mosaic project at the Intrepid Museum's SpaceFest on July 26, 2013. Diment constructed a LEGO replica of the space shuttle Enterprise, built from roughly 15,000 pieces, for the museum's SpaceFest event.
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Children Assemble LEGO Tiles for Mosaic
Credit: Jeremy Lips/SPACE.com
Children assemble LEGO tiles as part of a mosaic project at the Intrepid Museum's SpaceFest on July 26, 2013. More than 700 square tiles were put together to form an image of the space shuttle Enterprise atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft as it flew over Central Park in April 2012, as it was being delivered to New York City.
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Close-Up of LEGO Enterprise
Credit: Jeremy Lips/SPACE.com
A close-up view of the LEGO replica of the space shuttle Enterprise. The toy model features retractable landing gear, and payload bay doors that can open and close.
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LEGO Space Shuttle in Stratosphere
Raul Oaida launched the Lego model 3367 attached to a helium balloon from central Germany and it reached a maximum altitude of nearly 115,000 feet.
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Astronaut Charles Camarda with Shuttle Enterprise LEGO Replica
Credit: Jeremy Lips/SPACE.com
Astronaut Charles Camarda admires the LEGO replica of the space shuttle Enterprise on July 26, 2013.
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Master LEGO Builder Ed Diment with Space Shuttle Enterprise Model
Credit: Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
LEGO "Master Builder" Ed Diment attaches the tail to his LEGO model of space shuttle Enterprise before its debut at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, July 26, 2013.
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Limited Edition LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa
The grand prize winner of the "Imagine our Future Beyond Earth" category will receive a limited edition LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa signed by LEGO designer Melody Louise Caddick.
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Lego in the Space Station
Credit: LEGO/NASA
Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa floats with LEGO (DUPLO) bricks aboard the International Space Station in 2011. The toys are now set to come home to Earth in March 2013.
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LEGO's Galaxy Squad
Credit: Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com
Galaxy Squad is a whole new line of LEGO building kits themed around an insect-based alien race.
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LEGO Mindstorms EV3
Credit: Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com
The Mindstorms EV3 set from LEGO offers impressive robot-bulding possibilities, inlcuding the giant and dragon shown here.
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LEGO Space Jump
A still from the LEGO space jump video created by the Model Maker Faire to recreate skydiver Felix Baumgartner's epic feat, the world's highest skydive, of Oct. 14, 2012.
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LEGO Mars Rover Curiosity
Credit: LEGO
The LEGO CUUSOO web page for Stephen Pakbaz's Mars rover Curiosity model reflects it has "Achieved" 10,000 votes.
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LEGO’s Hayabusa Asteroid Spacecraft Box
Credit: LEGO
LEGO’s Hayabusa asteroid spacecraft went on sale in Japan on Friday, March 2, 2012. A limited number of the sets will be offered worldwide through the company’s website later this year.
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LEGO Tatooine
Credit: Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com
LEGO also released this new Tatooine desert planet in its Star Wars line.
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LEGO X-wing Starfighter
Credit: Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com
Among LEGO's new Star Wars offerings is this X-wing Starfighter.
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That's No Moon, That's a LEGO Space Station
Credit: LEGO Group
LEGO's version of the International Space Station built by astronauts living aboard the real orbiting complex.
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LEGO Star Wars
Credit: Clara Moskowitz/SPACE.com
LEGO unveiled a whole line of new Star Wars figurines and building kits this year at Toy Fair 2012.
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Lego Man in Space
This still from a video uploaded to YouTube by Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad shows their homemade balloon launch of a Lego minifigure into the stratosphere to catch views of near space.
