Space Shuttle - 40th. Anniversary

The "Space Shuttle" developed by the US space agency NASA was for a long time the only reusable space transport system in the world.
It consisted of the components space shuttle (orbiter), with three reusable main engines, an external fuel tank and two solid rockets with a total starting thrust of 12.46 MN (1270566 kp).
The space shuttle could simultaneously bring 24.5 tons of payload and 7 astronauts into a low Earth orbit between 200 and 650 kilometers orbital altitude.
The first launch of a space shuttle into space took place on April 12, 1981 with the space shuttle "Columbia"

Plastic model kit
 

• Replica of the tile structure
• Detailed cockpit
• Cockpit roof can be removed if desired
• 2 crew figures
• Cargo compartment doors can be opened
• Detailed undercarriage
• Movable rudder
• Removable ESA space laboratory
• Movable transport arm (loading arm)
• Thrust nozzles
• Super decal with the identification of the space shuttles Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.
• Colors (Revell Aqua Color) Brush Glue (Revell Contacta Professional Mini)

Scale 1:72

unbuilt / unpainted