Best LEGO Space Sets 2026: Our Ranked Picks
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The best LEGO space sets still on sale in 2026, for adults and for kids: the new Icons Hubble Space Telescope, the NASA Artemis Space Launch System before it retires, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, the Tintin Moon Rocket and the Milky Way wall art, then rockets, telescopes and science kits for younger builders. Plus the classic NASA sets that have retired.
The best LEGO space set in 2026 for an adult is the new Hubble Space Telescope, or the NASA Artemis Space Launch System before it leaves LEGO's range at the end of the year. For a child, it is a rocket or shuttle matched to their age, from a small Creator 3 in 1 shuttle at six to the Technic Artemis rocket at nine. Several famous NASA sets, including the Saturn V and Space Shuttle Discovery, have retired, so this guide covers only the space sets our catalog lists as still sold new, then the classics you would now have to buy second hand.
How we picked
This is a research based guide. There is no single LEGO space theme today: space sets are spread across Icons, Ideas, LEGO Art, Technic, Creator 3 in 1, City and LEGO Education. We took the space sets in those lines that our catalog lists as active or retiring soon, left out any whose expected exit date has already passed, and picked by who each set suits and what it builds. Star Wars is left to our Star Wars guides. Prices, piece counts and retirement status in each card come from our catalog when this page is built.
For adults: display models
The 18+ space sets are display models of real spacecraft, plus one wall piece.
The Hubble Space Telescope, released August 1, 2026: removable panels reveal the instrument bay with its gyroscopes and mirrors, with positionable solar arrays, an openable aperture door, a display stand and an astronaut minifigure for scale.
The NASA Artemis Space Launch System with two detachable solid-fuel boosters, the Orion capsule and a detailed mobile launch tower. Expected to retire on December 31, 2026, so buy it this year if you want it.
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: the Boeing 747 that carried NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise, with deployable landing gear and the shuttle mounted on top.
The Tintin Moon Rocket from LEGO Ideas, the red and white rocket from Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon, with five minifigures in space suits and Snowy.
The Milky Way Galaxy, a layered LEGO Art wall piece including points of interest such as Trappist-1 and the Pleiades, for a wall rather than a shelf.
For ages 9 and up: Technic and science kits
These sets teach something as they move. The Technic sets run on a crank, and the LEGO Education kits come with experiments.
The Technic NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket: turn the crank and the boosters, the core stage and finally the Orion spacecraft separate in three stages. Developed with NASA, marked 9+.
Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit, a crank-driven Technic model of the Earth, Moon and Sun with printed months and moon phases, marked 10+.
The LEGO Education Mars Mission Science Kit: a drop pod, a Mars rover and base, four astronaut minifigures and four physical science experiments, marked 9+.
The Up-Scaled Blue Astronaut Minifigure, a large posable version of the 1984 LEGO astronaut with a mini robot and rocket hidden in the helmet, marked 10+.
For ages 6 to 8: shuttles and spaceships
The Creator 3 in 1 Space Shuttle, with an opening hatch and a satellite on an extendable arm, that rebuilds into an astronaut figure or a spaceship. The smallest set in this guide.
The City Interstellar Spaceship, a single-seat spacecraft with fold-out thrusters and a drone that becomes a jetpack. Expected to retire on December 31, 2026.
The Creator 3 in 1 Space Exploration Telescope: a telescope on a tripod with a spinning solar system model, rebuildable into a microscope or a UFO, marked 8+. Expected to retire on December 31, 2026.
The LEGO Education Moon Mission Science Kit: a spaceship, an Earth to Moon launchpad, a habitat with greenhouses, two astronaut minifigures and science experiments, marked 8+.
Retired: the NASA classics
Several of the best known LEGO space sets are no longer sold by LEGO. Our catalog lists each as retired, so expect secondary market prices rather than list price:
- NASA Apollo Saturn V, retired at the end of 2022.
- International Space Station, retired at the end of 2022.
- NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, retired at the end of 2023.
- NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, retired at the end of 2024.
- NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle, the Technic moon buggy, retired at the end of 2025.
- Space Astronaut, the Creator 3 in 1 astronaut, retired in July 2026.
If you missed the Saturn V, the Artemis Space Launch System is the current NASA rocket to stand beside it, and the Hubble model pairs with the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for a shelf of real spacecraft.
Which to buy
- An adult space fan: the Hubble Space Telescope, or the Artemis Space Launch System if they want a rocket and can buy it this year.
- A wall rather than a shelf: The Milky Way Galaxy.
- A Tintin reader: the Tintin Moon Rocket.
- Nine to twelve: the Technic Artemis rocket, or the Mars Mission Science Kit for experiments.
- Six to eight: the Creator 3 in 1 Space Shuttle, then the Interstellar Spaceship.
For more gifts, see our best LEGO Christmas gifts for 2026, our best LEGO sets for adults in 2026 and our LEGO sets retiring in 2026 guide.
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