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1st March 2017
10:38am GMT

Among the women of the collection are Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who helped develop the flight software for the Apollo missions. It also includes Katherine Johnson, a mathematician and NASA researcher who helped calculate trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo programs, she was the inspiration behind the film Hidden Figures, and appeared on stage with the stars of the film at the Oscars.Thrilled to finally share: @LegoNASAWomen has passed the @LEGOIdeas Review and will soon be a real LEGO set! https://t.co/rcyjANsVD9 pic.twitter.com/b9OVx5UBaL
— Maia Weinstock (@20tauri) February 28, 2017
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