And there are even solar panels that can be attached once the telescope is removed from Discovery’s cargo bay.
It also features an aperture door that opens to reveal the optics inside. Its surface is covered in 108 silver elements-the most ever included in a single LEGO set. The set designers paid particular attention to making the telescope as realistic as possible. It also includes the famous Hubble Space Telescope, which can either be folded and contained within the shuttle’s spacious cargo bay or expanded with a solar array and displayed separately. The LEGO Discovery features an orbiter with functional landing gear, payload bay doors, working elevons, and a rudder. It measures almost 22 inches long and has a wingspan of over 13.5 inches, which allowed designers plenty of room to add lifelike features. The toy manufacturer has previously released other versions of Space Shuttle Discovery kits, but its latest design is the biggest and most detailed yet.
LEGO’s 2,354-piece replica is built at 1:70 the scale of the real spacecraft. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The impressive spacecraft is now on display at the Steven F. In fact, Discovery worked so hard that it was the first NASA Space Shuttle to retire. During that time, Discovery has taken more space flights and carried more astronauts than any other spacecraft in the program. The year 2021 also marks the 40th anniversary of NASA’s Space Shuttle program.
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