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Maiden Flight of Shuttle Discovery (1984)

Aug. 30, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1984, 30/08, Discovery, Maiden Flight, scale model, scale models, Space Shuttle, STS

Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The space-plane was one of the orbiters from NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the third of…

First Free Flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise (1977)

Aug. 12, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration12/08, 1977, Enterprise, SCA, scale model, scale models, Space Shuttle

The final phase of flight testing involved free flights. These saw Enterprise mated to the SCA and carried to a launch altitude, before being released to glide to a landing…

STS-85 Launch of Shuttle Discovery (1997)

Aug. 7, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration07/08, 1997, Discovery, scale model, scale models, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, STS-85

STS-85 was the 23rd flight of Space Shuttle Discovery that performed multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 August 1997. The main STS-85…

STS-57 Shuttle Endeavour is Launched (1993)

Juni 21, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1993, 21/06, Endeavour, scale model, scale models, Space Shuttle, STS, STS-57

STS-57 was a NASA Space Shuttle-Spacelab mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched June 21, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission was launched on the summer solstice. During…

Happy Birthday Sally Ride (1951)

Mai 26, 2025Selldon0007 Lego Models, Selective Coloration1951, 26/05, Astronaut, Challenger, Sally Ride, Space Shuttle

Sally Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first…

Last Servicing Mission for the Hubble Space Telescope, HST (2009)

Mai 11, 2025Selldon0007 Lego Models, Selective Coloration11/05, 2009, Atlantis, HST, Hubble Space Telescope, Lego, Lego Bricks, NASA, Space Shuttle, STS

The Hubble Space Telescope’s (HST) Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), flown by the Shuttle Atlantis in May 2009, was the last scheduled shuttle mission for HST (launched 11th of May 2009,…

First Test Flight of the Shuttle Enterprise (1977)

Apr. 18, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration18/04, 1977, Boing, Boing 747, SCA, scale model, scale models, Shuttle, Space Shuttle

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One (N905NA) is a 747-100 model, while the other (N911NA)…