The house is made out of aluminum and daubed with a special, space-certified paint. It’s 12 centimeters (4.7 inches) long, 8 cms (3.1 inches) wide and 10 cms (3.9 inches) tall.

The Swedish MoonHouse is a small red toy-sized house that resembles the classic Swedish red cottages that have dotted the Nordic countryside for centuries. Artist Mikael Genberg has put little red ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created will be launched into space this week and, if all goes according to plan ...

While it was Genberg's idea to put the house on the moon with the help of lunar rover Tenacious, about 70 people donated some 7 million—10 million Swedish kronor ($620,000—$888,000) for the ...

If it tips over? "Then it tips over," Vinterhav said. Has a Swedish red house been in space before? In 2009, Sweden's first astronaut, Christer Fuglesang, brought a paper version of the red house ...