Space Shuttle External Tank 3D Model

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Overview

Bring history to life with a detailed Space Shuttle External Tank 3D model, designed for use in visualization, animation, education, and high-quality CGI projects. This accurate 3D asset recreates the iconic external fuel tank structure with clean geometry and production-ready details, making it ideal for spacecraft renders, documentary-style scenes, concept art, and game cinematics.

Perfect for: aerospace-themed projects, 3D presentations, architecture/media visualization, VFX blockouts, Unreal Engine scenes, Blender renders, and educational content.

Common usage patterns:

  • Visualization & renders: Create realistic still images and cinematic shots of the Space Shuttle assembly.
  • Animation & VFX: Use the model as a component for launch sequences, docked scenes, or environment storytelling.
  • Game & real-time workflows: Incorporate the tank into interactive scenes, trailers, and simulation-style content.
  • Education & training: Study form factors, proportions, and design characteristics in a 3D environment.
  • Design & prototyping: Build custom spacecraft layouts and scale references for mockups.

Download formats supported: You can download the model in multiple professional file types, including MAX, OBJ, FBX, C4D, and BLEND. This makes it easy to integrate the asset into your existing pipeline, whether you work with DCC tools, game engines, or renderers.

Software compatibility: The model is suitable for Blender, 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, and other 3D software that supports the listed formats.

Get started: Download your preferred format and start creating shuttle launch visuals, aerospace presentations, and immersive spacecraft scenes right away.

Uploaded by Mr Pierre MARCHADIER on February 2009

License

  • Royalty-Free License.
  • Commercial and editorial use according to site license terms.
  • Redistribution of source files is not allowed.
  • Please review the full license details before using the model in published work.

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3D File Formats Compatibility

Polygonal 3D Models

Downloadable formats:

.max, .obj, .fbx, .blend, .c4d

Compatible with:

3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Modo, Unity, Unreal Engine, SketchUp, Substance 3D, ZBrush and more.

Exportable formats:

3D Studio Legacy (.3ds), AutoCAD (.dxf; .dwg), Alembic (.abc), Rhino (.3dm), SketchUp (.skp), Collada (.dae), Stereolithography (.stl), DirectX (.x), Graphics Library Transmission Format (.glb; .gltf), Universal Scene Description (.usd; .usdz), Virtual Reality Modeling Language (.vrml; .wrl), Extensible 3D (.x3d)

CAD Solid Models

Downloadable formats:

.step (AP214), .iges (5.3)

Compatible with:

SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, Siemens NX, Fusion 360, Solid Edge, Plasticity, Rhinoceros, CATIA, ACIS and other CAD/CAM/CAE software.

CAD models can also be exported as polygonal 3D meshes.