Lego launches a 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander model, astronauts included. by Alan Boyle on May 30, 2019 at 6:00 am May 30, 2019 at 7:25 am. Share 7.3k Tweet Share Reddit Email.

The 10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander set will be available to order right here for $99.99 – most likely starting at 12pm EST (9pm PST) tonight, May 31st / June 1st.

The NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander model sits atop a simulated moon surface — a Lego version of Tranquility Base — that uses gray toy bricks to form a crater and astronaut boot prints.

On June 1, the company will release a new set of 1,087 pieces that recreates the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander that touched down in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969.

Although it’s been 52 years since the Apollo 11 mission first took man to the moon and 30 years since Tom Hanks famously told ...

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This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission (July 20th, specifically, for the actual date of the Moon landing itself), and Lego is already gearing up to celebrate with a new ...

The 3-D model will also be featured in the upcoming exhibition “Destination Moon,” slated for opening at the National Air and Space Museum in 2020. The museum is commemorating the anniversary of the ...

Astrobotic has finally unveiled the flight model of its Peregrine lunar lander. The space-focused company revealed the lander on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. This is the model that will actually fly ...

Astrobotic announced the official completion of the Griffin lunar test model earlier this year, with the final flight build slated to begin later this year. The test model alone weighs over 13,000 ...

Pittsburgh, PA – April 20, 2022 – Astrobotic unveiled the flight model of its Peregrine lunar lander on Wednesday morning during a visit by top NASA and government officials to the company’s ...