<p>Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Workbench blog, and all the news, updates, and modelling exclusives from the fascinating world of Airfix.</p><p>In a week which has been nothing short of momentous in the history of human space exploration, there really could only be one subject for this week’s edition of Workbench, and that would be for us to continue reaching for the stars. As the crew of Artemis II set new records in space exploration history, the return to earth of the Orion capsule (Integrity) on 10th April will also serve as the precursor to another significant NASA anniversary to be celebrated just two days later, the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://uk.airfix.com/products/space-shuttle-gift-set-a50200"><strong>45th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle mission launch.</strong></a></p><p>In this latest edition of Workbench, we will be <em>‘going for launch’ </em>on our own blog tribute to the NASA program which came between Artemis and Apollo, marking the world’s return to the fascinating subject of human space exploration, and the incredible technology behind it. Of course, as we are Airfix, we will be including several model kit representations which have helped us to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://uk.airfix.com/space"><strong>commemorate the incredible machines</strong></a> which have taken mankind into space, but in impressive scale form, kits which are thankfully in plentiful supply in this momentous year for NASA and their current space program.</p><p>Without doubt, one of the most impressive machines ever created by man is the subject of this latest edition of Workbench.</p>