Space News
space history and artifacts articles

Messages
space history discussion forums

Sightings
worldwide astronaut appearances

Resources
selected space history documents

  collectSPACE: Messages
  Models & Toys
  NASA's New Horizons probe 3D printed model

Post New Topic  Post A Reply
profile | register | preferences | faq | search

next newest topic | next oldest topic
Author Topic:   NASA's New Horizons probe 3D printed model
Robert Pearlman
Editor

Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 01-20-2015 08:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NASA has released the file to 3D print a model of its New Horizons spacecraft.
The New Horizons spacecraft, launched in 2006, is on approach for a dramatic flight past the icy dwarf planet of Pluto and its moons in July 2015. After 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, on a historic voyage that has already taken it over the storms and around the moons of Jupiter, New Horizons will shed light on new kinds of worlds on the outskirts of the solar system.

Files are available with the body whole or split vertically. NASA advises: "use the files based on your experience with your printer that are most likely to give you good results."

joe bruce
Member

Posts: 129
From: Spokane, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 07-13-2015 09:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for joe bruce   Click Here to Email joe bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I just received a 3D printed New Horizons model from the Applied Physics Laboratory. I mounted it to this display stand.

A close encounter of the Pluto kind.

cosmic_buffalo
Member

Posts: 58
From: Dayton, Ohio
Registered: Jul 2014

posted 07-14-2015 12:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cosmic_buffalo   Click Here to Email cosmic_buffalo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very cool. My local print bar is pricey, but I might just have to try this one.

Philip
Member

Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 07-21-2015 11:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Scale about 1/25th?

joe bruce
Member

Posts: 129
From: Spokane, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 07-21-2015 07:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for joe bruce   Click Here to Email joe bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From my measurement, 1/25 is about right.

bdipaolo
Member

Posts: 89
From:
Registered: Oct 2010

posted 07-23-2015 09:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bdipaolo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You can scale it to any size you want, of course.

All times are CT (US)

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Administrative Options: Close Topic | Archive/Move | Delete Topic
Post New Topic  Post A Reply
Hop to:

Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts

Copyright 2020 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved.


Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.47a





advertisement