"Rubber Chicken Sent to Space in Knitted NASA Spacesuit".
I've just discovered this story, but we need more news like this any day of the week. The mission, by students at Bishop Union High School in Bishop, California, flew on 3 March and the astronaut - Camilla - was sent into the stratosphere to check out the current spate of strong radiation storms.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/23/nasa-sends-rubber-chicken-into-radiation-storm-in-stratosphere/
I would have been much more interested if we had science lessons like that when I was in school. Great job, Bishop Union High School, I'm sure you are inspiring a new generation of science students (that, and TVs The Big Bang Theory!).
And ... kudos to whoever knitted Camilla's space suit. Very impressive.
