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- Handcarved Mahogany Wood Model Spacecraft
- Handcrafted and Handpainted
- Comes with base stand ready to display
- Comes with base stand ready for display
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Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is one of the fleet of space shuttles belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The fourth orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center, it was named after the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts from 1930 to 1966. The two-masted, 460-ton ketch was the first US vessel to be used for oceanographic research. The spaceship Atlantis has carried on the spirit of the sailing vessel with several important voyages of its own. Atlantis benefitted from lessons learned in the construction and testing of Enterprise, Columbia and Challenger. At rollout, its weight was 6,974 pounds lighter than Columbia. It was also completed with 49.5 percent fewer man hours compared to Columbia. Much of this decrease can be attributed to the greater use of thermal protection blankets on the upper orbiter body instead of tiles. From November 1997 to July 1999, Atlantis underwent 165 modifications, including a drag chute, new plumbing lines, over 800 new heat protection tiles and blankets, and new insulation for the main landing gear doors. Atlantis made its first flight in October 1985, conducting classified military activities. In 1989, it deployed two planetary probes, Magellan and Galileo, and in 1991, it deployed the Arthur Holley Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Beginning in 1995, Atlantis made seven straight flights to the Russian space station Mir. In October 2002, after a four-year hiatus, the space shuttle and its six-person crew completed the eleven-day STS-115 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that involved three space walks. On June 8, 2007, Atlantis launched on its longest-ever mission, STS-117, which lasted almost 14 days. The spaceship is scheduled to be retired in 2010 after it completes STS-131, where it will carry the Docking Cargo Module to the ISS.
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By Amused
It came well packaged, Assembled as easily as it unpacked. It looks great and has a "wow" factor about it. I get many compliments.
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By Pho Hai
I was very happy, it was was gift. Great quality, shipped in a big box with lots of padding. It looked like the same Shuttle model we saw at Kennedy Space Center.
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By Bob in Baton Rouge
This well packaged shuttlle Atlantis replica (1:100) scale is a most impressive presentation, both because of it's large scale size, and well thought out details. It is a great purchase for anyone who collects or displays NASA vehicle scale replicas.I only wish that someone would produce a mahogany 1:100 replica of the Saturn V moon rocket at a similar price point.This manufacturer makes one at 1:200 scale, which looks excellent, but a 1:100 scale replica would be most impressive, next toThe Atlantis shuttle.I am thrilled to own this NASA scale replica!!! Thanks, Bob S., Baton Rouge.
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