Hasegawa Models 10729 Space Shuttle Orbiter w/ Booster 1:200 Scale Model Kit

On April 12, 1981 , exactly 20 years after humanity's first successful manned spaceflight,Vostok 1, carried by Major Gagarin of the Soviet Union, praised the beauty of the Earth by saying, ``The Earth was blue.'' NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) launched Space Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center.   After the successful manned landing of Apollo 11,public interest in space exploration rapidly waned, andthe enormous cost of space exploration was criticized. Therefore, in November 1972, NASA developed a space transportation system that could return to Earth and space many times at a low cost by eliminating thetraditional disposable use of expensive launch vehicles and reusing them. Approved in May.   The Space Shuttle consists of an orbiter, an external fuel tank, and two solid-fuel rockets.The orbiter can carry up to seven crew members and up to 29,500 kg of cargo,is launched by a rocket, and after completing its mission in space, re-enters the atmosphere andlan