Lego revealed their latest building set and it honors the women of NASA.  The set honors five women of NASA in particular.   The women are computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, mathematician Katherine Johnson, astronaut Sally Ride, astronomer and executive Nancy Grace Roman and astronaut Mae Jemison.

The set was part of the LEGO Ideas competition and was revealed as the winner this week.  The idea was proposed last year by Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of MIT News.  (more…)