Barcode: 0 89195 56259 3
Case pack: 24 Pieces per carton
Box Size: 7.2" x 3.1" x 3.7"
Features:
- Highly detailed
- True to 1/400
- Highly collectible
- High quality diecast construction
Dragon’s newest venture into space models encompasses the famous Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) and the Space Shuttle Discovery. This space shuttle blasted
off from the Kennedy Space Center on 11 February 1997 on STS-82, a servicing
mission. The HST, this vital space-probing piece of astronomical equipment,
underwent servicing by crewmen of the Discovery. This was the second servicing
mission for this high-tech telescope that was placed in orbit in 1990. The maintenance
significantly upgraded the HST’s capabilities with new apparatus like the new
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object
Spectrometer (NICMOS). The work carried out by the Discovery’s crew ensured
the HST could operate until the next scheduled servicing in 1999. The mission
involved five spacewalks, where the crew used up to 150 different tools or instruments
at various stages. Space Shuttle Discovery returned to Earth ten days later
after the successful completion of this mission.
