Fame Master 4D Vision 26116
Rockwell Space Shuttle Snap Kit
NASA, OV-103 "Discovery" |
| 1:72 Scale | | Length | | Width |
|---|
| Rockwell Space Shuttle | | 20.25" | | 13" |
Discovery (OV-103), the third of NASA's fleet of reusable, winged spaceships, arrived at Kennedy Space Center in November 1983. It was launched on its first mission, flight 41-D, on August 30, 1984. It carried aloft three communications satellites for deployment by its astronaut crew. Other Discovery milestones include the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope on mission STS-31 in April 1990, the launching of the Ulysses spacecraft to explore the sun's polar regions on mission STS-41 in October of that year and the deployment of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in September 1991. Discovery is named for two famous sailing ships; one sailed by Henry Hudson in 1610-11 to search for a northwest passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the other by James Cook on a voyage during which he discovered the Hawaiian Islands
Designed as a re-usable spacecraft for orbital human spaceflight, the Space Shuttle first flew on April 12, 1981. This American spacecraft system has flown more than 130 times, undergoing a variety of missions from satellite launch to space science experiments and construction and repair of space stations. The system is comprised of an external tank, two solid rocket boosters and an orbiter vehicle, which carries the crew and payload. The shuttle stack launches vertically, and the orbiter returns to Earth horizontally at the end of each mission. The shuttle has more than 2.5 million parts, making it one of the most complex machines ever built. © Copyright 2003-2025 The Flying Mule, Inc.
The Fame Master "4D Vision" range presents plastic, "cut-away" model kits in varying scales. A detailed assembly guide is included and the model simply snaps together from pre-painted plastic components.
Fame Master "4D Vision" snap-kits feature:
- Prepainted components in kit form with detailed assembly instructions.
- Cut-away or transparent sections to show interior details.
- Detailed cockpit interiors and structural features.
- Pilot and crew figures.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
- No painting or glueing required.
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