And there is one other, Research Institute, that also features three women scientists, a palaeontologist, a chemist and an astronomer, all modelled in their workplaces.
There are 18 Lego Ideas concepts that have been made into actual sets since 2014. The set is aimed at children aged 10 and over and costs £19.99.
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There are two astronauts, Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, who come with a launch pad and the space shuttle Challenger the astronomer Nancy Grace Roman who comes with a Hubble space telescope and computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, who has been modelled with a stack of books, representing the Apollo guidance computer onboard flight software source code. Astronauts Mae Jemison and Sally Ride as LEGO® Women of NASA figures Reaching for the stars The Women of Nasa set does however include four inspiring female employees, and three “builds”, which illustrate their areas of expertise. My dream would be to know that the first human on Mars – or an engineer or computer scientist who helped her get there – played with the Lego Women of Nasa as a child and was inspired to pursue a Stem career as a result.”Īlthough she pitched the idea hoping to include Katherine Johnson, who is now 99 and one of Nasa’s most famous employees, Johnson declined the offer to become a miniature play figure. “With this project, I wanted to spotlight a fantastic group of women who have made seminal contributions to Nasa history. “We have also seen that when girls and women are given more encouragement in the Stem fields, they become more likely to pursue careers in these areas. “In all realms of science, engineering and technology, pioneering women have historically been underappreciated for their often groundbreaking work,” says Weinstock. Katherine Johnson, portrayed in ‘Hidden Figures’, declined to take part in the Lego project Pioneering women
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