One day, I went over to my friend's house. His brother had a TON of rare LEGO sets and parts, but did not care much for them anymore. He offered to let me have some of the bins he had, and I just couldn't turn him down. By the way, this was LONG before I knew about Brickset. I carefully picked out four bins, one of which contained an old-looking spaceship. Another had a baseplate which had (what I thought at the time) a sidewalk, and the green area around it had lights made from studs and a gray platform with hoses. NOT a gas station. I looked in another bin and there it was--the red crane from this set. I looked at a bin for instructions and guess what? The very instruction manual for this set was there, and in perfect condition. Copyright: 1990! I was thrilled. This was THE oldest LEGO set I owned, older than the Mars Mission alien I found that day, older than the half of the Alpha Team suit I found. It was missing the back of the little transport, and I gave back the one worker I found to my friend, and I regretted it the minute I found out it belonged to that set, but it is still fun. I would recommend this set to any Town, World City, or City collector, especially because of the NASA and USA stickers. Love the set, one of my favorites.

This is a nice set for the time! It concludes of a Space Shuttle, Lego's first NASA related theme; a launch tower with rare lattice pillars; an astronaut (I named mine Steve), and two NASA workers (named Frank and Pete).

• PROS:
• *Space Shuttle
• *Solid Rocket Boosters
• *External Fuel Tank w/ NASA logo
• *NASA labeled "go-kart"
• *Astronaut
• *2 Workers
• CONS:
• *Not to Scale
• *Skimpy on Details
• *No Crawler
• *No Landing Gear
• *Unsturdy Tower when Lifting External Tank

But overall, this set is a must-have for them Space-going adventurers!

This one is not as good as the 1995 version but it is still a good set. The shuttle is very cool but looks much like a plane. The launch pad is very cool with the elevator and minifigs. This is a good set to have in your Lego town!

I think this was a great set, but like someone set, should be put under the Discovery Sets. Here are my Pros & Cons for this set:

Pros:
NASA logos
Authentic Shuttle
Good Size
The "Satellite" box is just like the real one
Astronauts are great

Cons:
Stickers
No Crawler

But still...I got no problem with this set.

I like this set but is only deserving of a Pros/Cons review

Pros:
GREAT SMALL set...good value if you bought it in 1990($25 where i bought it)
I LIKE THE usa sticker, but is a sticker so....
GOES well with the Discovery Kids theme today...
HAS A lift thing unlike Shuttle Laucnh Pad from 1995
Cons:
PRICE on bricklink is HORRIBLE...$55 used!!!!?!?..i can buy a Shuttle Launch Pad for $45 on bricklink and it has more minifigs and value today....

THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THIS SET IS THE PRICE!!!