The LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (10283) set is part of a series of buildable models for adults, offering an escape from everyday life with display pieces to admire.
The multiple display stands let you display the space shuttle model and telescope individually or together. The telescope features movable solar panels and an aperture door. The cockpit opens to reveal flight and mid-decks with seats for 5 crew members. Adjust the elevons, engage the landing gear on reentry and deploy the robotic arm. Open the payload bay to deploy the Hubble Telescope on its mission to explore the cosmos. Packed with features, this build marks the amazing accomplishments of Discovery. With 2,354 pieces, this engaging challenge lets you build the Space Shuttle Discovery, plus the Hubble Space Telescope, launched on NASA’s STS-31 mission in 1990. ( visit this item’s product page)Ĭelebrate the wonders of space with this LEGO® NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (10283) model building set for adults. Description This is a description taken from. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions, and also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
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It embarked on its final mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011, and touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, having spent a cumulative total of nearly a full year in space. Nearly 25,000 heat-resistant tiles cover the orbiter to protect it from high temperatures on re-entry.ĭiscovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger. The Space Shuttle launch vehicle has three main components: the Space Shuttle orbiter, a single-use central fuel tank, and two reusable solid rocket boosters. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, aggregating more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.