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[Pre-Order Item] The fourth American space mission to land on the Moon was Apollo 15, it was conducted from 26 July to 7 August 1971 after a Saturn V rocket blasted the spacecraft into orbit. NASA described the mission as the "most successful manned flight" up till that point. This was because Apollo 15 was the first of what are described as "J missions". A "J mission" was one that permitted a longer stay on the Moon's surface to allow more intensive scientific experimentation and exploration.
The latest addition to Dragon's immensely popular Space Collection is a 1/72 model of the Apollo 15 CSM performing its space mission. The spacecraft has brand new parts, and it's delivered fully finished and pre-painted so as to be ready for immediate display. A notable visual feature of the model is the distinctive antennas. As well as the steerable S-band high-gain (deep space) antenna for communications with Earth, there is a long HF dipole center-feed antenna. On the original, this retractable antenna measured 80 feet in length.
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