In homage to NASA’s space travel endeavors, LEGO’s latest aerospace release features the iconic Space Shuttle Enterprise and a Boeing 747 shuttle carrier.
Details behind the incredible LEGO duo were released on May 6, 2025, with the Danish toymaker confirming the 2,417-piece set scheduled would be available to all on May 18, 2025, retailing at $229.99.
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft arrives in the slipstream of LEGO’s magnificent 2023 release, a 2,083-piece supersonic Concorde set which actually cost slightly less, at $199.99, but came with only a single aircraft.
“The stunning new set allows you recreate the iconic Boeing™ 747™ and NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise, the dynamic duo that played a crucial role in shaping the future of space travel. Savor every moment, as you bring this iconic tribute to innovation and exploration to life, piece by piece,” a spokesperson for LEGO said.
According to LEGO, the Boeing 747 spacecraft carrier features deployable 18-wheel landing gear and a specialized shuttle mounting system for Enterprise.
Meanwhile, the NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise is ‘mission-ready’, with an attachable tail cone, detachable engines, and stowable landing gear tucked inside its cargo bay.
The LEGO set comes with a display stand so that, once built, the Space Shuttle Enterprise and Boeing 747 shuttle carrier can be displayed permanently in the owner’s living room.
First introduced on September 17, 1976, NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise was designed to undertake tests to prepare its sister ships for orbital flights.
More than 600 invited guests, famously including Star Trek stars, plus 185 media representatives, attended the ceremony to see NASA unveil its first space shuttle.
In January 1977, Enterprise was moved overland to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, now Armstrong Flight Research Center, at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
It was there, in February 1977, that Enterprise was placed on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747.
Enterprise began taxi runs in February 1977, followed by the first captive inactive flight that included a crew aboard the shuttle took place in June 1977. Enterprise made its first independent flight on August 12, 1977.
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft were subsequently used to transport future editions of spacecraft, and in the late 1970s they were deployed to release space shuttles midair so that they could glide and land unpowered.
