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1682 Space Shuttle is a Town Airport set released in 1990. It contains 392 pieces to construct a space shuttle with an external tank and booster rockets, and a launch pad with launch tower and a small transport vehicle. It includes three minifigures: an astronaut and two technicians.
Description
The set is LEGO's first model of a space shuttle and its launch pad. The launch tower had a crane on its top and a hinged docking port at its side that could be positioned on the shuttle's cargo bay.
The shuttle itself has a robot-arm and a small satellite inside. It was labeled with US-flags and the text "United States" on its wings and fuselage while the ground vehicle featured the NASA logo.
Notes
- The red lattice pillars that make up the tower made their first appearance in this set and were otherwise very rare pieces that appeared in only six other sets.
- This was the only LEGO set to feature NASA until the introduction of the Discovery theme in 2003. Other Town space shuttle sets featured fictional space agencies.
- A similar set is 6339 Shuttle Launch Pad released in 1995 and 6346 Shuttle Launching Crew from 1992 included a shuttle that is similar in design to the one in this set.
- This set did not appear in European catalogs.
Minifigures included
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| Technician | Technician | Astronaut |
