Rockwell International Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery, 1/300 Scale Diecast Model

• Postage Stamp Collection

• Diecast model
• Highly detailed
• Display stand included
• Measures Approximately: 4-3/4” L x 3-1/8” Wingspan
• Recommended for adult hobbyist and collectors. Not a toy.

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS).

The Space Shuttle Orbital Vehicle Discovery (OV-103) flew a total of 39 missions.  The first was mission was STS-41D, on August 30, 1984 and the last was STS-133 on February 24, 2011.  Spending a total of 365 days in space, traveling more than 148,221,675 miles, Discovery flew more spaceflights than any other space shuttle or spacecraft in history.  It famously deployed the Hubble Space Telescope on its April 1990, STS-31 mission and carried John Glenn on its STS-95 mission in October 1998, when the astronaut was 77 making him the oldest person ever to reach space.  The Orbiter Discovery is now retired and on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air & Space Museum.