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IM-1 Odysseus Lander

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

A4 paper size download option:

T_T_IM1NovaC_1_100A4

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OSIRIS-REx craft model

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

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StokeHopper

StokeHopper or also known as Hopper2, is a test vehicle from Stoke Space. It successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) on Sep 17 , 2023 from Stoke Space’s test site in Moses Lake, Washington.
It hopped to an altitude of 30 feet and landed at its landing zone 15 seconds later.
This was technically the last test in their Hopper technology demonstration program.


Designer: Thomas Tannahill


1:100 scale model


source: stokespace.com