Women of NASA Revealed

Mere days after the set unexpectedly leaked in a European store, the latest Lego Ideas set has been revealed in it's final form through the Lego Ideas Blog It will be available November 1, 2017, giving the set a rather quick development timeline of under two years from submission to on the shelves.

Katharine Johnson is absent from the final product despite appearing in the original proposal. Regarding her absence, a Lego spokesperson said, "In order for us to move forward with a partner we need to obtain approval from all key people, which was not possible in this case. We naturally fully respect this decision." This most likely means that Katharine herself did not wih to be included in the set, for unknown reasons.

The Official Description:
Follow in the footsteps of 4 pioneering women of NASA with this fun and inspiring LEGO set.

Build the Hubble Space Telescope and learn astronomy with the ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman.
Develop the software for space missions with computer scientist Margaret Hamilton.
Launch the space shuttle with Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, and Mae Jemison, the world’s first woman of color in space.

Build, play, learn and one day you too could become a science, technology, engineering or mathematics superstar!