Lego Models of NASA’s Project Constellation, Orion and Altair December 3, 2009
Posted by Jason W Ellis in Personal.Tags: altair, astronaut, constellation, Lego, minifig, moon, nasa, orion
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Legos return to the Moon! I built the following Lego models of NASA’s Project Constellation spacecraft and lunar lander when I would take breaks from my PhD exam reading schedule. The Orion spacecraft includes a detachable solid rocket booster, and it can be mated to the Altair lunar lander craft. Orion carries three minifig astronauts, and the Altair has room for one minifig astronaut. I based my Lego models on some of the computer generated mockups shown on NASA’s Constellation program website here.
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