Check out some of NASA's unsung heroes — in Lego form

Maia Weinstock

Despite the major contributions they've made to the U.S. space program, the women of NASA have struggled to get the recognition they deserve.

Maia Weinstock, deputy editor of MIT News and self-proclaimed "LEGO Tinkerer," dreamed up this awesome Lego set to pay homage to five of NASA's most famous female pioneers.

Weinstock submitted a proposal for this set to Lego Ideas, which is a site where the public can submit and vote on future Lego sets.

And considering that this set gathered more than the required 10,000 votes within a few weeks, it might be just a matter of time before Lego releases figurines of these awesome female scientists.

Here are a few facts you should know about the five scientists featured in the set.

Margaret Hamilton, Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, Nancy Grace Roman, and Mae Jemison are the five NASA scientists recognized in this awesome set.

In addition to the minifigures, the full Lego set includes individual vignettes of a micro-scale Hubble Space Telescope, a space shuttle, instruments of the Apollo era, and a replica of a famous photo showing the code that got astronauts to the moon.

Source: Women of NASA

Margaret Hamilton is a computer scientist. She's known for popularizing the modern concept of software.

Source: Women of NASA