![]() ![]() Try your hand at over 60 different touch-screen experiences and high-tech simulators.At Space Shuttle Atlantis, view the amazing Atlantis spacecraft in a way that only astronauts have seen before - with payload bay doors open as if they were floating in space.Also, see IMAX showings and visit a surreal rocket garden with rocket 'flowers.'.A major highlight of your day will be the Shuttle Launch Experience - a simulator that lets you feel what an astronaut does during take-off.In case the meet-and-greet with the astronaut is unavailable, you can enjoy a walk-through of the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility instead.At Kennedy Space Center, get access to restricted areas, say hello to an astronaut (subject to availability), and walk under the massive Saturn V rocket.With pick-ups and drop-offs from the ICON Park itself, you can fit this experience conveniently into your itinerary before/after exploring the Kennedy Space Center (or save it for a later date).Enjoy a 2-in-1 ticket that gives you access to the Kennedy Space Center as well as ICON Park's iconic wheel!.9.įollow or Facebook and on Twitter at collectSPACE. The "Moments in Space" contest is open for submissions through Feb. Lego is also running a space-themed contest for a small to mid-size space-related model to possibly become a "gift with purchase" promotional set in 2019. Lego rejected a larger version of the station, proposed by the same designer, in 2015. another attempt at a model of the International Space Station, this time sized to match the space shuttle included with Lego's "Women of NASA" set released in November 2017.a set of four small models of NASA spacecraft, including space shuttle Discovery, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Pioneer 10 interplanetary probe and the Viking 1 Mars orbiter and lander and.a 1:110 scale model of the massive crawler transporter used to move the Saturn V and space shuttle to the launch pad.Of the seven projects that qualified for a review between September 2017 and January 2018, none were spaceflight related.Ĭurrently, there are three NASA-themed sets among the top 40 projects pursuing 10,000 votes on Lego Ideas: The other sets rejected included a scale model of the NF-15B research jet aircraft, a "Star Wars" themed diorama, a project celebrating the "Wonders of Peru" and a model of Luke's Diner from the television show "Gilmore Girls."įan-created models of NASA's crawler-transporter, spacecraft and the International Space Station are in the top 40 on Lego Ideas as of January 2017. Past reviews have chosen one, two or, as with this case, none of the projects to be offered for sale. Lego's review board evaluates projects separately. ![]() The two sets were not necessarily in competition with each other. ![]() 3, just a day before the deadline for projects to qualify for the now-completed review. 28, 2017 Roche and Urquieta's tower followed on Sept. Harkins' space shuttle qualified with 10,000 votes on Aug. The 3.28-foot-tall (1-meter), 1,969 piece Saturn V rocket is about 1:111 the scale of the real booster that flew astronauts to the moon almost 50 years ago. It was sized to match Lego's NASA Apollo Saturn V set co-created by Roche. (Image credit: Lego Ideas)Īndrew Harkins' "NASA Space Shuttle (Saturn V Scale)" recreated the winged spacecraft last launched in 2011. “NASA Space Shuttle (Saturn V Scale)" by Andrew Harkins and the "NASA Saturn-V Launch Umbilical Tower" by Emmanuel Urquieta and Valerie Roche were rejected by the Lego review. ![]()
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