SLS Artemis – Gift Set

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This month sees the launch of Airfix's new-tool 1:144 kit of NASA's super heavy-lift SLS Artemis as a gift set complete with cement, paints and brushes.

3…2…1… We have lift off! The new mould SLS Artemis makes its maiden launch into the Airfix Space Range for the first time!

The new mould A50202 SLS Artemis Gift Set in 1:144 scale is all systems go and ready for its maiden launch to our Space Range. From the engineers of NASA to the detailed scale model that we’ve produced, this kit is now available as a Gift Set which features all the necessary glue, acrylic paints and brushes to complete the kit. To replicate the real rocket, we’ve featured a detachable upper stage from its core stage module, thus showing the ICPS (Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage) detail within. The exterior has been designed to display detailed pipework and a textured surface on the core stage, making this the most detailed SLS Artemis to date within the plastic scale model market.

Slide moulding on the engine nozzles has been used for ease of assembly and increased detail. Once built, the model can be displayed with its bespoke base included, along with its name plaque included on the decal sheet to proudly display your finished build. Ranked at a skill level 3, this kit features 79 parts and measures in at a length of 698mm and width of 215mm (measurements with the base attached), this rocket is here to make a statement piece to any display!

Allowing a new generation of the earth’s population to witness the development and achievements of a NASA space program, the Space Launch System is their latest and most powerful rocket launch system, intended to take mankind to the moon and beyond.

The latest generation of super-heavy-lift launch vehicle, to the uninitiated, SLS and the Orion spacecraft capsule almost appears to be a combination of Apollo and Space Shuttle technologies, however, this incredible program represents the pinnacle of engineering technology taking man deeper into space than ever before.

Blasting off for an unmanned maiden launch on 16th November 2022, the first manned launch is planned for 2025, when the Orion capsule will embark on a lunar flyby.