Three special LEGO figurines were launched into space on NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft in August 2011. The LEGOs represented the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC)
New York Mets Home Plate
Astronauts Mike Massimino (right) and Mike Good, STS-125 mission specialists, with home plate from New York City's old Shea Stadium during a break from their training in the JSC Neutral Buoyancy Lab. Massimino brought the plate aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis for the trip to Hubble.(credit: NASA)
Playmate
In 1969, some pranksters at NASA inserted several images of Playboy centerfolds into the checklists the Apollo 12 astronauts took into space. This picture of Miss January 1969 Leslie Bianchini was pasted into a wrist cuff worn by Astronaut Al Bean. (credit: NASA)
Buzz Lightyear
Disney's Buzz Lightyear flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2009. Buzz spent 15 months on the International Space Station for 15 months. (credit: NASA/Tony Landis)
Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber
In 2007, the lightsaber prop that was used by Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi was packed in foam and spent two weeks in orbit. The flight helped celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars trilogy. (credit: Lucasfilm)
Wright Flyer
The crew of Apollo 11 took a swath of fabric and a small piece of a wooden strut from the Wright Flyer to moon. (credit: Mark Avino, National Air & Space Museum)
Nascar Starter Flags
NASA is taking three green starter's flags from the Daytona 500 into space to mark the 50th anniversary of NASA and NASCAR's premiere race. (credit: NASA)
Duke Family Photo
In April 1972, Apollo 16 Astronaut Chalie Duke left a family photo he brought along o the surface of the moon. (credit: NASA)
Golden Record
A 'Golden Record' carried into space by both Voyager 1 and 2 contained sounds and images selected to portray life and culture on Earth. (credit: NASA)
Jamestown Cargo Tag
This cargo tag made of lead was unearthed during excavation of the original colony at Jamestown in Virginia. It is believed to have made the trip from England to the New World in 1611. NASA flew this artifact and two sets of Jamestown commemorative coins aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in March 2007.(credit:: NASA)
Astronomer Eugene Shoemaker
On July 31, 1999, some of the ashes of Eugene Shoemaker, a co-discoverer of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy, were carried to the moon by the Lunar Prospector. (Photo by NASA/Liaison)
