According to The Daily Mail Online, the teddeh bears shown below are "the first soft toys to take part in extra-vehicular activity... at such an altitude."

Um, It's ABOUT TIME!

Check out Bear Armstrong and Nose Aldrin here.

According to the story: "The teddy bears had to endure temperatures of -53C but had special spacesuits made by school children from the nearby Parkside and Coleridge community colleges."

The Ted-astronauts weren't ALL about fun and games. Scientist Henry Hallam, 21, said: 'We asked the children to build the space suits for the teddy bears and we monitored the temperatures inside and outside the suits. It was great to involve these young people so they can learn about physics in a different and exciting way."

This bear threat-down brought to you by Mail Online, sent in by the uber-fabulous Vicki O.