This post was originally published on Mashable.com.

Apparently the internet, our phones and the world's roads aren't enough for Google. Now, the tech giant has sent its Android-powered army to conquer space.

Google's Android mascot looks down on Earth.

Okay, so maybe Google wasn't interested in seizing the final frontier (not yet, at least), but it did use the Android OS to send seven payloads of Android figurines and Nexus S devices more than 100,000 feet above the Earth's surface. It was part of a project to collect data at the outermost edge of our atmosphere.

Each rig involved placing a Nexus S into a foam cooler loaded with Google Maps for Mobile 5.0, Google Sky Map, Latitude and a custom sensor-logging app. Each payload included an APRS transmitter attached to high-altitude GPS device, a battery for power, a radar reflector, a parachute and a weather balloon.