Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 41 minutes ago
collectSPACE.com — The countdown is finally over — LEGO fans can now build their own towering model of NASA's Apollo Saturn V rocket, thanks to the launch of a new toy set on Thursday (June 1).
The iconic black and white booster, which lifted off almost 50 years ago to land astronauts on the moon, takes shape from 1,969 toy bricks, a nod to the year in which humans first set down and walked on the lunar surface. Standing more than 3 feet tall (100 centimeters), the $119.99 set is the tallest model to be released as part of the LEGO Ideas line of fan-designed kits.
collectSPACE and Ars Technica, together with Space.com, put the LEGO NASA Saturn V model to test, assembling the set in front of a full-scale mockup of the moon rocket's upper stage at Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas.
Read more: collectspace.com/news/news-060117a-lego-nasa-apollo-saturn-v.html
collectSPACE.com — The countdown is finally over — LEGO fans can now build their own towering model of NASA's Apollo Saturn V rocket, thanks to the launch of a new toy set on Thursday (June 1).
The iconic black and white booster, which lifted off almost 50 years ago to land astronauts on the moon, takes shape from 1,969 toy bricks, a nod to the year in which humans first set down and walked on the lunar surface. Standing more than 3 feet tall (100 centimeters), the $119.99 set is the tallest model to be released as part of the LEGO Ideas line of fan-designed kits.
collectSPACE and Ars Technica, together with Space.com, put the LEGO NASA Saturn V model to test, assembling the set in front of a full-scale mockup of the moon rocket's upper stage at Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas.
Read more: collectspace.com/news/news-060117a-lego-nasa-apollo-saturn-v.html
![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Crew Tribute to Space Shuttle](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tif0x61-lO0/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Crew Tribute to Space Shuttle
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Atlantis crew members provided a message as a tribute to their orbiter and the Space Shuttle Program. STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson said the flag will remain at the station until the next crew launched from the United States arrives at the outpost. That crew will bring the flag back to Earth, until it once again is carried into space with the first crew to launch from the United States on a journey of exploration beyond Earth orbit.
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![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 6 Recap](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TwM79hxSRuI/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 6 Recap
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A video recap of flight day 6 of the STS-135 mission of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station.
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![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] The Return of the Sandys Socks](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U1N0PCDO0cs/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] The Return of the Sandys Socks
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STS-135 mission specialist Sandy Magnus shows off her socks.
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![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Final shuttle payload: PicoSat](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VE3-yIGPGrg/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Final shuttle payload: PicoSat
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PicoSat was the 180th and final payload deployed in shuttle history.
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