You may have seen Stanley's ascent to the stratosphere already, animated with appropriate reactions as Thomas' buddy travels 18 miles into the sky then plummets back to the ground. (Ron Fugelseth's train-launching project is "probably the coolest thing a dad can do," according to Gizmodo. I'm inclined to agree.) But Stanley wasn't the first toy to journey to the stratosphere, and we're hoping he isn't the last. Here's a great collection of sub-orbital footage from The Week. Link