According to space architect Tomas Rousek, the team had to make sure that none of the astronauts fell off the roof-less shuttle during the early stages of the platform's descent.

The landing platform then returned to Earth under a parachute. The balloon took the mini-spacefarers to the altitude of 21 miles (34 kilometers) where it burst. The shuttle was designed by a team of space architects and engineers from Slovakia and the Czech Republic passionate about inspiring future generations to learn about space, according to the website Czech Crunch. The Legonauts took off from a small airport in Slovakia, seated on a 3D-printed space shuttle-like platform made of a sturdy but lightweight carbon composite material. Wednesday, May 24, 2023: One thousand LEGO astronauts traveled to the edge of space on a stratospheric balloon last weekend and returned safely to Earth on a specially designed landing platform. – Tereza Pultarova LEGO sends 1,000 astronauts to space and lands them safely in a mini space-shuttle The plane successfully landed at Spaceport America in New Mexico about 1 hour and 15 minutes after take off. After its release from the mothership, the spaceplane continued to the edge of space, to the altitude of 50 miles (80 kilometers), treating its eight passengers to about three minutes of weightlessness. The Thursday flight saw Virgin Galactic's twin-fuselage mothership Eve carry the VSS Unity spaceplane to an altitude of roughly 50,000 feet (15,000 meters).

That flight, however, deviated from its approved path during its return to Earth, prompting an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration due to concerns the mishap may have put other aircraft at risk. The flight was the fifth suborbital sortie for Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane and the first since July 11, 2021, when Virgin Group founder Richard Branson was one of the passengers. Thursday, May 25, 2023: Virgin Galactic has successfully completed a test flight that will pave the way for the company to commence commercial space tourism operations.

Earth view from space station