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Topic: NASA's New Horizons probe 3D printed model
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42982 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-20-2015 08:48 AM
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
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posted 07-13-2015 09:55 PM
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
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posted 07-14-2015 12:37 AM
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
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posted 07-21-2015 11:22 AM
Scale about 1/25th? |
joe bruce Member Posts: 129 From: Spokane, WA U.S.A. Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 07-21-2015 07:49 PM
From my measurement, 1/25 is about right. |
bdipaolo Member Posts: 89 From: Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-23-2015 09:36 AM
You can scale it to any size you want, of course. |