Here’s a beautiful story from the days of our Space Shuttle program.

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Dreams come true everyday at Disney World.  A few years ago, it was NASA that fulfilled a dream for one of Disney’s finest.

Space Shuttle Discovery was set to launch as STS – 124.  It was a mission to the International Space Station to install the KIBO lab.  The astronauts would have help from another space man – Buzz Lightyear.

To help promote the opening of Toy Story Mania, Buzz would travel to the ISS where he would spend 6 months.

Here is a wonderful set of pictures from NASA.

Buzz, taking a break from training, stands proudly outside the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

Buzz explores the Visitors Complex at the Kennedy Space Center.

Buzz inspects his ride to the cosmos, Space Shuttle Discovery, on launch pad 39A

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Smiling ear-to-ear is Buzz – finally in Space.

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Buzz floats above the ISS during his extended stay.

Woody watches the launch of STS-124 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Woody bids a Bon Voyage to his old pal, Buzz. Buzz is aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.