Lunar Prospector
Space Craft SCIENCE KIT
Assembly Instructions

Version 1.3
Photo of an assembled Lunar Prospector Space Craft (tm) SCI KIT
The photo shows an assembled Lunar Prospector Space Craft (tm) SCIENCE KIT. Click the image for five more views. These instructions are for use with the two laser-cut
Parts Sheets, with lithographed and metal-foil details in place, which are available for sale from SCI. The fully packaged kit, which includes instructions printed in black & white, with a Fact Sheet and Presentation guide, is also available.

YOU'LL NEED THE FOLLOWING:

BEFORE BEGINNING ASSEMBLY:

Lunar Prospector Sketch





IN GENERAL:

TO ASSEMBLE YOUR MODEL:

Click on each step below for illustrated step-by-step instructions. 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.

* 1. Assemble the Solar Panel.

* 2. Assemble the Spacecraft Bus.

* 3. Assemble the Science Instrument Booms.

* 4. Assemble the Science Instruments.

  5. Install the Communications Antennas.

  6. Install the Thrusters.

  7. Install the Solar Panel.

  8. Install the Side Thrusters.

  9. Install the Science Booms.

  10. Install the Science Instruments.





Congratulations!

YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR LUNAR PROSPECTOR Space Craft (tm) SCIENCE KIT. Now that you're familiar with all of the spacecraft's major structures and its science instruments, be sure to browse the
Lunar Prospector web site to learn more about the spacecraft, its mission, and its discoveries. Also, be sure to see the following from SCI:

ABOUT YOUR LUNAR PROSPECTOR SPACECRAFT MODEL:

Your model's scale is approximately 1/25. The model's three SCIENCE INSTRUMENT BOOMS can support themselves in one G, while the spacecraft's booms, made of thin fiberglass trusswork, cannot. The Lunar Prospector Spacecraft rotates about its central Z axis steadily at about 12 RPM.





Concurrent Steps

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.


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