You can build a paper card model version of the single-stage to orbit (SSTO) Reaction Engines Skylon spaceship : Papercraft Skylon spaceplane – Ninjatoes’ papercraft weblog
Download the pattern plan from the Japanese site I like paper craft (Google translated). The pdo file needs the Pepakura Viewer Download (Google translated).
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Find links to many more space paper models in the HobbySpace Modeling section.
Speaking of space models, Alan Boyle of MSNBC posted this today – Twitter / b0yle:
WANT! RT @gdora10: Revell 1/144 Space Ship Twd & Whiteknighttwd 入荷発売中！ pic.twitter.com/ajb54rYpUt
I’ve mentioned previously that the Mars Curiosity rover LEGO model designed by Stephen Pakbaz , who had worked as an engineer on the real Curiosity rover at JPL, would become a commercial product from LEGO. The project was part of the LEGO® CUUSOO hobbyists program, which has seen some of their other models become production products for LEGO as well.
This past week LEGO announced that the model will hit the store shelves on January 1st:
Here’s a video interview with Stephen:
http://youtu.be/mmH_Gh1lRCo
The book LEGO Space by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard : Space Exploration Looks Even More Awesome in Lego – Wired Science
The bulk of Reid and Goddard’s book is devoted to a science-fiction exploration of mankind’s potential future among the stars. The Lego mining astronauts of tomorrow find themselves building moon and Mars bases, working with intelligent robots, constructing wormholes to distant worlds, and even battling evil aliens and mad scientists that have infiltrated their ranks. All of this is illustrated in detailed photographs of Lego brick spaceships and stations. There’s even instructions on how to build your own version of some of the vehicles.
Two pages from LEGO Space.
The Orbital Sciences Cygnus module berthed successfully to the International Space Station yesterday. Orbital thus becomes the second commercial firm after SpaceX to provide cargo delivery services to the station.
Check out the LEGO Cygnus model made by Stephen Pakbaz, a LEGO scratch model builder extraordinaire: Lego Cygnus! Designed and Created by Stephen Spakbaz – ROMKids.
I’ve pointed before to Stephen’s models of other spacecraft such as the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover at LEGO CUUSOO.
