Space Shuttles, ISS and more paper rockets
This is Intuitive Machines (IM-2) Nova-C Lunar lander named Athena.
Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 block 5
Launch date: Feb 27, 2025 from KSC, LC-39A
Mission: It will deliver NASA’s PRIME-1 drill to the moon, to uncover the presence and amount of lunar water ice. The lander will also carry a Micro Nova Hopper, which is a drone that will use its neutron spectrometer in the PSR (permanently shadowed region) of the nearby Marston crater.
Designer: 1:100 scale model by Thomas Tannahill
A4 size paper
This is the Lunar lander from Astrobotic Technology.
Launch Vehicle: Vulcan Centaur (Maiden flight0
Launch date: Jan 8, 2024 from Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
Failure: Never landed. Astrobotic decided to direct the spacecraft to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.
Designer: 1:96 scale model designed by Thomas Tannahill.
A4 size paper download option in other scales:
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This is the Nova-C Lunar lander from Intuitive Machines named Odysseus lander.
Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 block 5
Launch date: Feb 15, 2024 from KSC, LC-39A
Failure: The spacecraft landed faster than planned on a 12 degree slope that exceeded its design limits. It skidded along the surface, broke one leg and tipped to its side.
Designer: 1:100 scale model by Thomas Tannahill
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Here is the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft model that recently collected samples from an asteroid.
Launched on Sep 8, 2016 aboard an Atlas V, it successfully collected samples from the asteroid Bennu in Oct 2020. The Sample Return Capsule traveled back to Earth ferrying the asteroid material and returned to Earth on Sep 24, 2023.
Designer: Thomas Tannahill
1:100 scale model