{"id":179409,"date":"2021-03-23T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=179409"},"modified":"2021-03-23T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:22:32","slug":"nasa-and-lego-create-a-space-shuttle-discovery-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/nasa-and-lego-create-a-space-shuttle-discovery-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA and LEGO create a Space Shuttle Discovery kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and LEGO present a 2,354 kit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a 1:70 scale replica of the space shuttle Discovery<\/strong> with the Hubble space telescope<\/strong> that was launched during the STS-31 mission in 1990. It consists of 2,354 pieces, including the figure of NASA’s Dr. Kathy Sullivan<\/strong> (the first American woman to walk in space).<\/p>\n

Discovery<\/strong> is 8.5 inches tall<\/strong>, 21 inches long<\/strong> and 13.5 inches wide<\/strong>. In addition, it has a multitude of perfectly studied details such as the opening cabin doors; five seats correctly positioned inside the shuttle or the telescope with movable solar panels.<\/p>\n

It also includes a stand that allows a multiple display of the model and plaques detailing the characteristics of the spacecraft: the number of launches; the years it remained active; the altitude at which the telescope was deployed or the exact time it spent travelling through space.<\/p>\n