{"id":7505,"date":"2014-04-24T16:31:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7505"},"modified":"2014-04-24T16:32:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:32:04","slug":"littlebits-spacekit-assemble-space-your-own-space-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7505","title":{"rendered":"LittleBits SpaceKit: Assemble your own space program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The company\u00a0littleBits<\/a>\u00a0has developed an\u00a0open source collection\u00a0of electronic modules that snap together with magnets to make all sorts of fun gadgets<\/a>. They have collaborated with NASA to create a SpaceKi<\/a>t\u00a0package: \u00a0Build Your Own Mini Mars Rover With These Brilliant, NASA-Approved Blocks –\u00a0Design.WIRED<\/a><\/p>\n

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The package includes “12 modules, 5 NASA lesson plans and 10 STEAM activities”. \u00a0With it you\u00a0can assemble\u00a0a Mars Rover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A space helme<\/a>t:<\/p>\n

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A space station<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Space Booklet (pdf)<\/a>\u00a0describes the SpaceKit and\u00a0several\u00a0projects based on it.<\/p>\n

This video shows a sampling of space\u00a0projects:<\/p>\n