NASA Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble Space Telescope
Details:
Set number: 10283
Pieces: 2354
Dimensions (HxWxD): 21cm x 34cm x 54cm
Date built: May 27th, 2022
The shuttle's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) is used by astronauts inside to deploy and manoeuvre the Hubble Space Telescope in the payload bay.The Hubble Space Telescope is the first major observatory in space.Discovery carried 5 astronauts into orbit - 4 on the flight deck (commander, pilot and two mission specialists), and a mission specialist on the middeck.The Space Shuttle program was driven by the need for reusable spacecraft that could carry large payloads into orbit.The Orbiter's rudder doubles as an airbrake by splitting in two.