TRULY ONE OF A KIND! EACH ORBITER IS SIGNED BY AN ASTRONAUT THAT WAS ON ONE OR MISSIONS OF AN ORBITER! WHEN ALL 6 WERE SIGNED AND I WAS TRYING TO LEAVE THE SHOW, I WAS STOPPED BY A SMALL MOB, INCLUDING A NASA ENGINEER, THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. EVEN SEVERAL OF THE ASTRONAUTS DID NOT KNOW THIS MODEL EXISTED AND WHERE I GOT IT...NOW, IT CAN BE YOURS!
ENTERPRISE - SIGNED BY FRED HAISE, CMDR OF ENTERPRISE APPROACH AND LANDING TESTS.
COLUMBIA - JERRY ROSS STS-55
CHALLENGER - KAROL 'BO' BOBKO - STS-6 PLT
DISCOVERY - CLAYTON ANDERSON STS-120, 131
ATLANTIS - ROBERT 'HOOT' GIBSON STS-27, STS-71
ENDEAVOUR - KATHRYN THORNTON STS-49, STS-61
THIS BEAUTIFUL, NEWLY RELEASED SET, INCLUDES ALL 6 SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS. THEY ARE EXQUISITELY PRESENTED ON A WOOD PLAQUE, THAT INCLUDES AN AMERICAN FLAG AND NASA LOGO. THE SCALE OF EACH MODEL IS 1/144.THE SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER'S INDIVIDUAL FLEETS ARE NAMED AND NUMBERED SIMILAR TO SHIPS.
ALL ORBITERS TEND TO BE EXTERNALLY AND IDENTICALLY SIMILAR, BUT THEY HAVE MINOR INTERNAL DIFFERENCES.
THE CHALLENGER (OV-099) WAS TRAGICALLY DESTROYED AFTER ITS LIFTOFF IN JANUARY 28, 1986. THE ENTERPRISE (OV-101) WAS USED FOR TEST LANDINGS. THE COLUMBIA WHICH WAS TRAGICALLY DESTROYED DURING REENTRY IN FEBRUARY 1, 2003. AND THE OTHER ORBITERS, DISCOVERY, ATLANTIS, AND ENDEAVOR.
