Gnome Chomski will be sent into space, which viewers can watch during a live stream 1 / 7
Valve's Gabe Newell will be donating one dollar per viewer of the livestream to charity 2 / 7
Chompski originated as an unnamed gnome carried around in Half-Life 2 3 / 7
He cameoed during the Dark Carnival campaign in Left 4 Dead 2 4 / 7
Weta Workshop printed the 5.9 inch titanium Gnome figure using 3D printing 5 / 7
Gnome will be launched during the Flight 16 mission this month. 6 / 7
Gnome Chompski will likely burn up upon reentry, but not in vain. 7 / 7