Coffret Cadeau Space Shuttle 40e birthday

Description

The product

The ‘space shuttle’ developed by the US space agency NASA was for a long time the world’s only reusable space transport system. It consisted of the space shuttle components (the orbiter), with three reusable main engines, an external fuel tank and two solid-fuelled rocket boosters with a total launch thrust of 12.46 MN (1,270,566 kp). The space shuttle was capable of carrying 24.5 tonnes of payload and 7 astronauts simultaneously into low Earth orbit at altitudes between 200 and 650 kilometres. The first launch of a space shuttle into space took place on 12 April 1981 with the space shuttle ‘Columbia’ .

Features

Number of parts: 111 Length: 489 mm

Replica of the tile structure

Detailed cockpit

Optional removable cockpit canopy

2 crew figures

Opening cargo bay doors

Detailed undercarriage

Movable rudder

Removable ESA laboratory module

Movable transport arm (loading arm)

Thrusters

Super decals featuring the insignia of the space shuttles Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour

Contents: Plastic model kit (unassembled) Illustrated, multilingual assembly instructions Decals Colours (Revell Aqua Color) Paintbrushes Glue (Revell Contacta Professional Mini)