10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery

10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is a Creator set that was released on April 1, 2021. 
==Background==
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, aggregating more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. The Space Shuttle launch vehicle has three main components: the Space Shuttle orbiter, a single-use central fuel tank (orange external tank), and two reusable solid rocket boosters. Nearly 25,000 slica tiles heat-resistant tiles cover the orbiter to protect it from high temperatures from re-entry.
Discovery became the third operational orbiter to enter service, preceded by Columbia and Challenger. It embarked on its final mission, STS-133, on February 24, 2011, and touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, having spent a cumulative total of nearly a full year in space. Discovery performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions, and also carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
==LEGO.com Description==
== Gallery ==
10283c.jpg|Box reverse
10283b.jpg|Set overview
10283e.jpg|Alternate angle
10283f.jpg|Satellite
10283g.jpg|Bottom view
10283d.jpg|Promotional photo
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