The set has been added to the LEGO 2021 checklist. Hubble is definitely the highlight of my career.’ ‘Looking at the model, it was great to reminisce about my experiences in space launching the telescope for the first time. ‘I was thrilled to see the space shuttle in LEGO form, and was very impressed by the amount of intricate detail they have managed to recreate from the module where we used to sleep and eat through to what we called the “milk stalls” on the telescope,’ said former astronaut Dr. This was without a doubt the most challenging part of this model – trying to couple the front and main landing gear without removing any space from the payload bay and without compromising the structure of the model.’
Add functional landing gear and you have a real puzzle. ‘Generally, in a LEGO model we can rely on the size to accommodate the structure that holds the whole set together, but on the Discovery Space Shuttle we needed to create a smooth exterior and an interior capable of holding the payload. In the real vehicle every inch of space is used in ingenious ways,’ said LEGO Model Designer Milan Madge. ‘The Space Shuttle is the most complex vehicle ever made, so as you can imagine, translating this into LEGO was an exciting challenge. It can be stowed in the payload bay ready for builders to recreate its deployment. The set also builds the Hubble Space Telescope, with its hinged mirror housing and new gold foil solar arrays. Inside there is a crew cabin with the five seats for the astronauts, the flight and robotic arm (Remote Manipulator System) control panels and the space shuttle’s storage lockers. Other authentic touched include the engines, with three main engines for launch and smaller engines that are used for in-orbit manoeuvres. The LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery comes out April 1 st, priced at $199.99.The model includes functional landing gear, payload bay doors and reflective stickers depict the cooling radiators. No minifigs are included, so you’ll have to use whatever characters you already have as you astronauts for your next trip to space. Yeah, it’s one detailed model.Ī total of 2,354 pieces are included in the set, so this should make for a challenging build, fit for older LEGO fans. They even included a third stand that can be mounted on the shuttle’s cargo bay, so you can show off where on the spacecraft the telescope was transported.
Lego space shuttle discovery plus#
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. Both the shuttle and the telescope have their own display stands included, so you can show them off individually. Celebrate the wonders of space with this LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (10283) model building set for adults.
The LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery’s included Hubble telescope is just as detailed as the shuttle, with an aperture that can open and close to reveal the optics inside, along with solar panels that you’ll have to remove when stashing it in the orbiter’s cargo bay. It’s got a detailed command center cockpit with flight deck, mid-deck, and crew seating for up to five minifigs, along with moving elevons, retractable landing gear, a retractable space arm (Canadarm), and a rudder that splits in two to serve as airbrakes when slowing down to land. What kind of details are we talking about? You can open the payload bay, for instance, to reveal a replica of the Hubble Space Telescope, so you can launch your own window to the universe while playing with LEGOs from the comfort of your couch. It’s so detailed, in fact, it can appear more like a molded figure than a LEGO model, which you’ll only notice once you see some of the exposed studs (and there aren’t that many of them). More than having a bigger spacecraft to show off, the size also allowed the designers to pack a whole lot more detail. While it’s not the first model of the shuttle that LEGO has made, it is the biggest, coming in at 21 x 13.5 x 8.1 inches (length x width x height), so even those own previous models will likely want one just because of the size. The LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is a 1:70 scale model of the historic spacecraft, which spent 27 years in service, successfully launching and landing an impressive 39 times. Whether you want to ferry astronaut minifigs to your LEGO Space Station, launch a lunar lander into the moon, or crash into your NYC cityscape model because you enjoy some devastating LEGO mayhem, this thing lets you do that with a replica of a real-deal orbiter from NASA. That’s right, the spacecraft that performed more spaceflights than any other in history is getting immortalized as a LEGO model.
To celebrate the spacecraft that carried the largest space telescope in history, LEGO is giving us a model of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery. Whatever the reason, it’s a program worth celebrating, as it transported plenty of both astronauts and cargo to space over the 30 years it spent in service, including the Hubble Space Telescope back in 1990. We’re not entirely sure why NASA’s Space Shuttle program ceased operations in 2011.
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