ESA Venus Express Papercraft (Spacecraft)

The Venus Express spacecraft is an orbiter created by the European Space Agency with the purpose of studying the Venusian atmosphere and clouds.

ESA Venus Express Papercraft [Download]

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JAXA Akatsuki Papercraft (Orbiter)

JAXA's Akatsuki (aka Venus Climate Orbiter - Planet-C) is a space probe sent to explore Venus but had failed to enter its orbit.

JAXA Akatsuki Papercraft [Download]

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Akatsuki-kun & Kinsei-chan Papercraft (Venus Climate Orbiter Mascot)

Two cute mascots for JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter, Akatsuki-kun (L) is named after the satellite while Kinsei-chan (R) is named after Venus - on which the satellite is going to fly over.

Akatsuki-kun & Kinsei-chan Papercraft (Venus Climate Orbiter) [Download]

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Hubble Space Telescope Papercraft

HubbleSite.org has two papercraft models of the Hubble Space Telescope, one is a basic model and the other is a much more detailed version - both designed by Ton Noteboom. Hat tip to reader Petrus Willem for the link and photo.

Hubble Space Telescope Papercraft (Easy) [Download]
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JAXA Michibiki Quazi Zenith Satellite Papercraft

The countdown is on, here's a papercraft model of JAXA's soon-to-launch Michibiki satellite - aimed at improving the accuracy of GPS navigation in Japan.

The Michibiki satellite papercraft comes in 4 big parts and is released 1 week apart. It started on Aug. 9 with the Antenna (M-01), Aug. 16 Body (M-02), and the last parts Solar Array Paddle & Rocket (M-03) to be released on Aug. 23.

Follow the link below and look where it says "QZ-Craft", click on it to take you to the templates.

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NASA Satellite Papercrafts

If you're big into space exploration - the real one and not the Star Trek kind - have a go at NASA's very own papercraft satellites. They've got paper models of their most famous and historic satellites, including Cassini, Galileo, Mars 2001 Odyssey, and many more. These satellite papercrafts are part of NASA's Solar System Exploration section. Thanks to reader Scott K. for sending in the links.

NASA Satellite Papercrafts [solarsystem.nasa.gov]

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