Sullivan’s thoughts on encouraging more young people into STEM careers and the future of space exploration. Kathy Sullivan reveals details about the incredible mission, which launched the Hubble Space Telescope into the cosmos – enabling NASA, and scientists around the world, to explore more of the universe than ever before. An interview with Dr Sullivan can be found at /gobeyondįilmed at COSI (Center of Science and Industry), the fascinating interview, which is now available on /gobeyond, Dr. Kathy Sullivan to reveal details of her experience onboard the original NASA STS-31 mission and how the real-life space shuttle compares to the LEGO model’s detailed reimagination of the spacecraft and famous Hubble Space Telescope.ĭr Kathy Sullivan, Astronaut on STS31, the mission that launched the Hubble Space Telescope.

To celebrate the launch of the new LEGO® NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, the LEGO Group spoke exclusively to Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Coming with display plaques for both the Orbiter and Telescope, the set will retails for €177.99/£169.99 $USD199.99/$AUD299.99/ $NZD319.99 The model is 55 cm long, 21.78 cm high and features a wingspan of 34.6cm. The orbiter features functional landing gear, payload bay doors, elevons and rudder while the Hubble telescope can be folded to fit inside the payload bay, or unfolded and depoyed. With 2354 pieces, this set features the Discovery orbiter and the Hubble Telescope. I have chosen to ignore the ‘Bat Space Shuttle’ from 2016.Īnd so, today we come to the launch of the latest 18+/ Creator Expert vehicle set: the LEGO® NASA Space Shuttle Discovery. Here are a few examples that have appeared in town, Technic, and indeed the Creator Expert line. With 2354 pieces, it is quite a step up on the 7470 from 2003.Īnd there have been dozens of versions of the shuttle from across the years, and you might also consider that the early LEGOLAND® Spacecraft in the late 70’swere also inspired by it: The Shuttle program was already in the public consciousness, with atmospheric tests occurring with the Shuttle Enterprise for 4 years before the first lauch of Columbia in 1981. So, this month, we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the first Shuttle launch the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope deployment and the 10th anniversary of the final flight of Atlantis.Īnd the LEGO Group have released a huge new version of the Space Shuttle Discovery – over 55 cm long, it comes with moving rudder and elevons opening pod bay doors and carries the Hubble space telescope. The program caught the imagination of 12 year old me, culminating in many doodles, dreams, and the occaisional MOC. Finally, on April 12 2011, thirty years after the launch of Columbia, the Shuttle Atlantis flew the final Mission.

Ten years and 10 days later, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the space shuttle Discovery. The era of ‘shirt sleeve space flight’ and reusable orbiters had begun. Thirty nine years and forty nine weeks ago, a little bit after tea time, we witnessed the launch of the first Space Shuttle, Columbia.

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