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As the world prepares to celebrate Space Week, there really could only be one subject for this latest edition of Workbench, an edition which really could be described as being out of this world. Unquestionably the most impressive machines ever conceived by man, space launch vehicles represent the very pinnacle of man’s technological prowess, not to mention how they utilise the most powerful engines ever created. With the launch sequence itself being a sight so spectacular that it captivates billions of people each and every time, is it any wonder that space travel and exploration remains as arguably man’s most impressive achievement to date.

International Space Week sees the world celebrating the latest advancements in science and technology, not only in relation to space exploration, but also how this technology eventually finds its way into everyday life for much of the world’s population, stimulating ever more impressive advances in all manner of fields. Those fields include computer design and manufacturing processes which allow model companies to produce beautiful scale representations of the most impressive spacecraft to have ever left the surface of the earth, and on to new adventures amongst the stars.

In celebration of this latest Space Week, our newly tooled SLS Artemis kit has now been released and has already been joined by our classic Saturn V kit, with the pair about to be welcome our Space Shuttle onto the modelling launchpad, each on presented in 1/144th scale and each one an iconic kit representation of man’s ultimate desire to explore beyond the stars.

As countdown to Space Week enters its final stages, we’re heading for the stars in this latest edition of Workbench.