Lego To Honor Women Of NASA & Their Contributions To Space Discovery History

Five female NASA pioneers are hidden figures no more. The storied Women of NASA will soon be immortalized through a Lego set that celebrates their contributions. The Lego set shall also be made available in the toy shelves to inspire children who dream of conquering the space.

NPR reported that the Danish company officially announced that they are to produce Legos that pay tribute to the great contributions of the Women of NASA. The project proposal came from Maia Weinstock. In her proposal, Weinstock wrote that women have been playing critical roles in space history but in many cases, their effort are left unappreciated, worse, unknown.

Weinstock adds that even history reveals that women have had great challenges to gain acceptance in the men dominated fields such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The project proponent says her ultimate dream is to shed light to the contribution of Women of NASA in the pursuit of discovering what lies beyond our planet. Weinstock's project bested eleven other projects in the Lego Ideas competition.

According to Ideas Lego, the proposed Women of NASA Lego set aims to pay tribute to five notable women pioneers of NASA including:

Margaret Hamilton. A computer scientist who developed the on-board flight software which was used for the Apollo missions to the moon. Hamilton is also known for popularizing the software's modern concept.

Katherine Johnson. The mathematician and space scientist was a NASA researcher best known for calculating and verifying trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo programs. Her work covered the Apollo 11 mission took the human race to our first landing on the moon.

Sally Ride. The astronaut, physicist, and educator who became the first American woman in space in 1983. After retiring from NASA, she founded an educational company which focused on encouraging children to pursue their interests on the space sciences.

 Nancy Grace Roman. She is called the "Mother of Hubble" for her role contribution in developing the Hubble Space Telescope.

Mae Jemison. A trained medical doctor who became the first African-American woman in space in 1992. Upon retirement, she put up a company that develops new technologies.