As eyes turn to Firefly Aerospace’s mission control for the company’s first attempt at landing on the moon, some watching may notice small models of the Blue Ghost lander sitting among the consoles.
As it turns out, the miniatures were not only placed there, but built there, too — and you can assemble your own.
“The day that we brought those over, they were putting them together right outside of mission control,” said Trina Patterson, vice president of marketing and communications at Firefly Aerospace, in an interview with collectSPACE.com. “During the more quiet times during this mission, they have been putting the little Legos together.”
Although not an official Lego-brand product, the Blue Ghost Mission 1 Building Blocks Set uses Lego-like bricks to form a detailed 1/18th scale version of the robotic probe. Firefly worked with Business Bricks to produce the custom set.
Created in part to support Firefly’s Mission 1 outreach activities — for example, some of the kits are prizes in Firefly’s “Moonwalk Contest” on the Player Epic smartphone app — they can also be purchased for $54.99 through the company’s online merch shop.
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Mission 1 model
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