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One science writer wants LEGO to embrace the “ladies who rock outer space.”

Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of MIT News and self-proclaimed “LEGO tinkerer,” has proposed a new LEGO set celebrating the women of NASA.

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She narrowed the list down to five women:

  • Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who developed software for the Apollo missions. 

  • Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated trajectories for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. 

  • Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983. 

  • Nancy Grace Roman, an astronomer often called the “Mother of Hubble” for her work to make the Hubble Space Telescope a reality. 

  • Mae Jemison, who became the first African-American woman in space in 1992.  Read more…

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