This epic new Lego space shuttle set will let you recreate NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope mission-and it looks amazing!
The following written content by Elizabeth Howell
This Lego space shuttle Discovery launches April 1 and looks amazing.
Prepare for liftoff, space fans, because soon you’ll be able to recreate one of NASA’s most famous shuttle missions in Lego form.
A new set from the building company recreates the STS-31 mission on space shuttle Discovery that launched the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit in April 1990. Crew members of the space shuttle Discovery deployed the observatory on what has become a multi-decade exploration of the cosmos.
The Lego Space Shuttle Discovery set (MSRP $199.99 USD) will be available directly from Lego stores and from Lego.com starting April 1. VIP members of Lego can also buy a replica of the Ulysses space probe, which orbited and studied the sun and was also deployed using the space shuttle. Limited stock of Ulysses is available, and it will cost 1,800 VIP points.
What’s inside the Lego shuttle Discovery
Included in the 2,354-piece set is both Hubble and the space shuttle, including details such as payload bay doors that open, functional landing gear and reflective stickers meant to showcase the cooling radiators the real space shuttle had. The completed set is roughly 8.5 inches by 14 inches by 22 inches (22 cm by 35 cm by 56 cm) and includes two stands and plaques, for both the orbiter and Hubble.
“I’m really impressed about the way Lego has thought about space stuff,” STS-31 astronaut Kathyrn Sullivan, who has an early copy of the set in her house, told Space.com. “They clearly recognize — they know in their DNA — about fun, creativity, imagination and learning. They provide that in such a rich array of kits … and I think as you get older, there is a different kind of satisfaction in completing a set, because of the strong emphasis to what was real.” Read more from Space.
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