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  • Spockospocko@mastodon.online
    Oct 8, 2026, 12:22 PM

    This Lego set depicts five NASA trailblazers: Margaret Hamilton, who led the development of software for the Apollo missions while at MIT; Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space in 1992; Katherine Johnson, who calculated & verified trajectories for the Mercury & Apollo programs; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space in 1983; & astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, one of the first female execs at NASA, instrumental in planning the Hubble Space Telescope. news.mit.edu/2017/women-nasa-l

    Caption : Minifigures of five NASA pioneers — from left to right, Margaret Hamilton, Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, Nancy Grace Roman, and Mae Jemison — will appear in an official LEGO set originally designed by MIT staff member Maia Weinstock. Credits : Photo: Maia WeinstockThe set depicts five trailblazers in NASA’s history: Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who led the development of software for the Apollo missions while at MIT; Mae Jemison, who became the first African-American woman in space in 1992; Katherine Johnson, known for calculating and verifying trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo programs; Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983; and astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, one of the first female executives at NASA, who was instrumental in the planning of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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