Stephen Colbert… in Space? [Video]
From the archive: published Aug 18, 2011, 15 years ago. Details may have changed since.
After an appearance on The Colbert Report, MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis and Stephen Colbert challenged fans to send Stephen Colbert’s head into space due to the host’s fascination with 3-D renderings of his likeness.
The DIY outfit Maker Industries sent one of the 3-D Colbert heads into space on a weather balloon with a Flipcam, and uploaded the footage from the ensuing trip- watch below: