{"id":4744,"date":"2013-09-30T20:43:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T20:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2013-09-30T20:43:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T20:43:58","slug":"cygnus-cargo-spacecraft-modeled-in-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4744","title":{"rendered":"Cygnus cargo spacecraft modeled in LEGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbital.com\" target=\"_d\">Orbital Sciences<\/a> Cygnus module <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4715\">berthed successfully<\/a> to the International Space Station yesterday. Orbital thus becomes the second commercial firm after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX<\/a> to provide cargo delivery services to the station.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65402716@N07\/sets\/72157630504932378\/\" target=\"_d\">LEGO Cygnus model<\/a> made by<a id=\"yui_3_11_0_3_1380572373247_1053\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65402716@N07\/\"> <\/a><a id=\"yui_3_11_0_3_1380572373247_1053\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65402716@N07\/\"> <\/a><a id=\"yui_3_11_0_3_1380572373247_1053\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65402716@N07\/\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65402716@N07\/\" target=\"_d\">Stephen Pakbaz<\/a>, a\u00a0LEGO scratch model builder extraordinaire: <a href=\"http:\/\/romkids.tumblr.com\/post\/62057803268\/lego-cygnus-designed-and-created-by-stephen\" target=\"_d\">Lego Cygnus! Designed and Created by\u00a0Stephen Spakbaz &#8211; ROMKids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"CYGNUS 20120708-02 by Apojove, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65402716@N07\/7539528808\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CYGNUS 20120708-02\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7137\/7539528808_00ccb9b429_n.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve pointed before to Stephen&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65402716@N07\/sets\/\" target=\"_blank\">models of other spacecraft<\/a> such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/lego.cuusoo.com\/ideas\/view\/3431\" target=\"_d\">Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover at LEGO CUUSOO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">**************************<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-Sellers\/zgbs\/ref=as_acph_cc_bestsel_on_on?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=hobbyspace\" target=\"_blank\">Shop Amazon &#8211; Best Selling Products &#8211; Updated Every Hour<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0\u00a0LEGO Cygnus model made by Stephen Pakbaz, a\u00a0LEGO scratch model builder extraordinaire: Lego Cygnus! Designed and Created by\u00a0Stephen Spakbaz &#8211; ROMKids. I&#8217;ve pointed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4744\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cygnus cargo spacecraft modeled in LEGO<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-models","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1ew","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2581,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2581","url_meta":{"origin":4744,"position":0},"title":"New LEGO space models by Stephen Pakbaz","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I have previously highlighted the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover LEGO model designed by Stephen Pakbaz. 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