Nov 2, 2020 · Valve co-founder Gabe Newell and Rocket Lab team up to send Half-Life 2 star Gnome Chompski into orbit for both scientific and charitable reasons.

Nov 20, 2020 · Gabe Newell partnered up with Weta Workshop and Rocket Lab to send a real-life Chompski into space, raising money for charity and inspiring new achievements.

Gnome Chompski is a garden gnome and improvised weapon exclusive to the "Dark Carnival" campaign. He made his debut in Valve's Half-Life 2: Episode Two as the Garden Gnome and is infamous for earning players the achievement "Little Rocket Man".

Nov 20, 2020 · If you want to see Chompski in space, go to 38:50. On one level, the idea of Gaben chilling in New Zealand and deciding to amuse himself by creating the first CosmoGnome is just hilarious.

Nov 26, 2020 · Gabe Newell Kept His Word and Sent Gnome Chompski Into Space. One of the achievements in Half-Life 2: Episode Two has become reality. A gome called „Chompski” was sent into space aboard the Electron rocket, while collecting money for charity.

Nov 4, 2020 · The gnome earned his name, Gnome Chompski, in later Valve title Left 4 Dead 2, where he appeared as an Easter egg during the Dark Carnival campaign, and as part of another achievement. The name is a not-so-subtle nod to philosopher, linguist, scientist, and political activist Noam Chomsky.

Nov 3, 2020 · Gnome Chompski is about to go where few men have gone before, and certainly no garden gnomes. A titanium replica will be launched into space courtesy of Rocket Lab, Weta Workshop, and New Zealand's newest and coolest resident, Gabe Newell.

Nov 2, 2020 · In a fun nod to that achievement, Newell and Weta are sending a real Gnome Chompski on Rocket Lab’s Flight 16 to test a 3D printing technique and its application on future spacecraft...

Nov 19, 2020 · Earlier this month, we found out that beloved Half-Life and Left 4 Dead garden gnome Gnome Chompski was going to be launched into space. The surprise terrestrial ejection of a lawn ornament comes courtesy of Gabe Newell, who has been hiding out in New Zealand ever since the COVID pandemic made 2020 the worst year of modern memory.

Rocket Lab says its 16th mission will take off from Mahia carrying a 3D-printed figurine called "Gnome Chompski" - a character familiar to players of Valve's video game Half-Life.