Lego is launching its NASA Apollo Saturn V model set, based on a Lego Ideas fan submission, on June 1. The set includes 1,969 pieces and faithfully reproduces the mighty moon rocket.

Had the Lego NASA Apollo Saturn V been released in 2022, it probably would have come with a better stand. Printed lettering on the side of the model says "USA". (Image credit: Kimberley Snaith) ...

It would also need an engine with an equivalent thrust to that produced by NASA’s Saturn V rocket, which was used for the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s, the aspiring physicists argued.

The Saturn V was used for the entire Apollo program, culminating in the last mission to the Moon, Apollo 17 in 1972. The big rocket was also used to launch Nasa’s first space station, Skylab, in ...