Lego announces NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally) in 2026

The LEGO Technic NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket set reproduces in motion the major milestones of the moon-bound vehicle's climb into Earth orbit on its way to flying astronauts to the moon. Credit: LEGO/collectSPACE.com

How do you top a highly detailed scale model of NASA’s new moon-bound rocket and its support tower? If you’re Lego, you make it so it can actually lift off.

Lego’s NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket, part of its Technic line of advanced building sets, will land on store shelves for $59.99 on January 1, 2026, and then “blast off” from kitchen tables, office desks and living room floors. The 632-piece set climbs skyward, separating from its expendable stages along the way, until the Orion crew spacecraft and its European Service Module top out the motion on their way to the moon—or wherever your imagination carries ...