Barcode: 0 89195 56374 3
Case pack: 24 Pieces per carton
Box Size: 7.3" x 3.7" x 3.5"
Features:
- Highly detailed
- True to 1/400
- Highly collectible
- High quality diecast construction
- New stand for vertical display
NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet consisted of six craft, and the fourth operational
spacecraft was Atlantis (OV-104). In fact, it was manufactured in approximately
half the time needed to produce Columbia (the first Space Shuttle to fly into
space), plus it was some 3.5 tons lighter. This Space Shuttle built by Rockwell
International was delivered to NASA in 1985 and it undertook its maiden flight
into space in October the same year. One of its most notable missions (STS-71)
commenced on 27 June 1995, when the spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy
Space Center, docking to the Russian Mir Space Station.
The 80-ton Atlantis was the final Space Shuttle to fly, its last mission blasting
off on 8 July 2011 before it joined the rest of the fleet in retirement. Atlantis
had orbited the Earth a staggering 4,848 times and traveled some 126 million
miles by the time of its well-earned retirement. However, STS-71 remains one
of the most enduring milestones of the craft’s career. Collectors can celebrate
Atlantis’ legacy with a fine 1/400 scale model from Dragon Wings. In remarkable
and accurate detail, the model represents Atlantis as it appeared on this important
mission.
