Galileo SCIENCE KIT
Assembly Instructions

• Small scissors, such as manicure scissors, to clip parts from the parts sheets.

• Wooden toothpicks for applying glue.

• Glues. Use regular white glue (Elmer's Glue-All or equivalent). You might also try a thick white glue, sold in art and fabric stores, called "TACKY GLUE" (Aleen's or equivalent).

• A 35mm film can would be convenient to support some parts while gluing.

• Space. Set up a well lighted, comfortable work area, with room to set glued parts to dry.

• Time. Plan to set aside several hours for unhurried assembly.

• Patience. While some parts of this kit might assemble easily due to its advanced design, there may be some trying times. Extra time and care will pay off with a surprisingly accurate, and handsome representation of NASA's Galileo, a very complex spacecraft.

• Optional: Spherical propellant tanks are represented in your model by intersecting flat parts. For more realism, you might want to locate or fabricate some 3-dimensional objects to replace them in your model.

• Sections marked with a * may be accomplished at the same time if two or more people are working on assembly, or if you wish to work on one section while glue dries on another.

• Optional: You might find it good to use an electric hair drier to set the glue in some places. If you do, be very careful not to blow the pieces apart.

B. BEFORE BEGINNING ASSEMBLY:

• Unfold the Fact Sheet to the diagram of the spacecraft under "Galileo Spacecraft Description" and use as a reference during assembly.

• Examine the three parts sheets and read the names of all the parts.

• Read all the instructions. Compare model parts with diagrams.

  

• Notice the RELEASE POINTS to be snipped to remove parts. Identify HINGES which join HINGE POINTS DIAGRAM segments of some parts for folding.
  
  
  
  

• Get your bearings: this diagram defines directions used in the instructions.

View the whole assembled model

C. TO ASSEMBLE YOUR MODEL:

* 1. Assemble the Communications Antenna.

* 2. Assemble the Spun Bus.

* 3. Assemble the Science Boom.

* 4. Assemble the RTG Booms.

* 5. Assemble the Retro Propulsion Module (RPM).

* 6. Assemble the Despun Section.

* 7. Assemble the Atmospheric Probe.

  8. Attach the RTG Booms to the Spun Bus.

  9. Attach the Science Boom to the Spun Bus.

  10. Attach the RPM to the Spun Bus.

  11. Attach the High-Gain Antenna to the Spun Bus.

  12. Join the Spun and Despun Sections.

  13. Install the Atmospheric Probe.

  14. Optional PRA/PWS Wires

• The only part of your model which is not in scale is the PWS ANTENNA, out at the end of the MAG BOOM. Scale length would be about 17 cm or 6.75 inches, very difficult to model accurately here in Earth's gravity well. If you have an idea for mounting and displaying your model which could support the antenna, obtain an appropriate length of thin wire. Make a bend of 30 degrees at the center. Go out about halfway from the center on each side, and bend 15 degrees up. Replace the paper PWS ANTENNA with this wire. Please note: DO NOT install wires if your intended use of the model might present any possible hazard of eye injury.

D. YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR GALILEO MODEL.

E. ABOUT YOUR GALILEO MODEL:

SCI Space Craft International

Space Craft (tm) SCIENCE KITS are made in the U.S.A. using recycled materials and advanced processes. Copyright (c) 1997 SCI Space Craft International

Sections marked with a * may be accomplished at the same time if two or more people are working on assembly, or if you wish to work on one section while glue dries on another.