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If a member of the ISS crew who went into outer space took a small box with him and then threw it into space, this does not mean at all that there is something going on at the station. spring-cleaning. Most likely, a very small satellite set off on its orbital path. The launch of nanosatellites has become, if not cheap, then already a relatively affordable pleasure, and students and even lovers of DIY construction kits have joined in space exploration.
Oleg Makarov
A large, serious satellite, for example, one that serves the GPS system, weighs one and a half to two tons, and the cost of its manufacture and launch into orbit exceeds $100 million. The prices are astronomical, and nothing can be done about it - even a kilogram of clay sent into space will almost without exaggeration become golden. But if these kilograms of something are not so much, then launching a spacecraft can become a much more budget-friendly event.
First in the world artificial satellite Although it contained nothing but a radio transmitter, the Earth weighed a respectable 83.6 kg. Since then, electronics have stepped forward, miniaturized by orders of magnitude, and now satellites weighing from several kilograms to several grams can, as it turns out, be quite functional. As soon as this became clear, space exploration ceased to be the exclusive prerogative of government departments and huge rocket and space corporations: the time had come for student and amateur satellite construction, with which the second wave of space romance was gradually rising. And this wave also did not bypass Russia.
CubeSat (Cube Satellite) is a nanosatellite developed by California State Polytechnic University and Stanford University specifically for student and amateur experiments in space. Its dimensions are 10 x 10 x 10 cm and its weight is 1.3 kg. These days, a nanosatellite assembly kit can be purchased at a store.
Found each other
Could you imagine 20-40 years ago that the creation of an orbital spacecraft would become the topic of student work? Today, students of the Department of Electronic Computing Equipment Design at South-West state university(Kursk) are creating equipment for sending into orbit. “We are not the only university in Russia where satellites are being developed,” says Associate Professor Valeryan Pikkiev, head of the Center for the Development of Small Spacecraft. — There are devices made at MSTU. Bauman, Moscow State University, Military Space Academy named after. A.F. Mozhaisky, however, this is still serious professional work, in which the entire scientific potential of our leading universities is involved. We have both the equipment and the experiments that will be carried out using this equipment - everything is invented by the students themselves.”
The Department of Design of Electronic Computers at South-West State University was created in 1965 and was engaged in the development of various electronics for domestic enterprises, including military devices. Among them were vacuum gauges - devices for measuring the concentration of particles in rarefied environments. These devices aroused interest from enterprises in the rocket and space industry - NPO im. Lavochkin and RSC Energia.
Flying in an old suit
By this time, Energia already had its own program for creating and launching small satellites. “It all started 15 years ago,” says Sergei Samburov, leading specialist at RSC Energia. — In 1997, cosmonaut Valery Polyakov proposed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first satellite by launching a smaller copy of it. The proposal was accepted, and schoolchildren from Kabardino-Balkaria and French Reunion took part in the creation of the apparatus (albeit symbolically). The satellite not only looked like its prototype, but also reproduced its “stuffing”, including the “beep-beep-beep” signal transmitter. Of course, a separate carrier was not used for this device - it was delivered by the Progress spacecraft to the Mir orbital station, and there, during a planned spacewalk, it was “thrown” into space».
The launch of a smaller copy of the first satellite caused a real stir among radio amateurs around the world, especially among those who nostalgically recalled their youth and the radio signal of the 1957 satellite. It was decided to continue the topic, and the next year another amateur radio satellite was launched, which broadcast songs and addressed the audience of planet Earth on different languages. The technology for launching satellites from orbital stations was improved, and in 2002 RSC Energia, together with the Institute space research sent into orbit a small spacecraft "Hummingbird" with scientific equipment. They launched it like this: when Progress undocked from the ISS, its hatch remained unlocked. A container was installed inside the ship, which, when the holding cord was burned by a squib, literally fired a satellite.
And in 2006, RSC Energia, together with representatives of the American amateur radio corporation AMSAT, gave birth to one of the most original projects in the history of space exploration. It was decided to make a new amateur radio satellite based on the worn-out Orlan-M spacesuit, which was used as a platform for mounting equipment delivered to the ISS. There was no scientific equipment on the Radioskaf-1 satellite (aka SuitSat-1) - only antennas (mounted on the helmet), a radio station, a digital talker unit for broadcasting sound programs, two cameras (digital and film) and a battery. It is interesting that the standard battery from the spacesuit did not fit - it is designed for a small number of charge-discharge cycles, and a satellite experiencing temperature changes in orbit from minus 100 to plus 100 degrees Celsius would use up the resource of such a device very quickly. Moreover, Radioskaf-1 did not have solar panels and relied only on battery life. In February, ISS cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, having gone into outer space, pushed away his old spacesuit with new filling, and the satellite set off on a two-week mission.
Skaf and wardrobe
Despite all the exoticism of the project, the spacesuit turned out to be a very interesting platform for small satellites. Firstly, it does not need to be delivered to the ISS, since it has already been delivered there. Secondly, the oblong shape opens up the possibility of passive stabilization due to the uneven distribution of the load (the heavier part will always “gravitate” towards the Earth, and the satellite will not rotate around its axis). Finally, the suit contains a cylinder that can contain oxygen or other gas under a pressure of 100 atm. This can be used to deploy the satellite's inflatable elements.
However, while RSC Energia was maturing the plan for Radioscaphe-2 - again based on a spacesuit - a problem occurred. Another old spacesuit on which they wanted to mount a satellite had to be thrown out of the ISS, without waiting for the equipment for the second satellite to be ready: space was in short supply. “We couldn’t wait another five years for the new spacesuit that replaced the old one to age,” says Sergei Samburov. “That’s why, as we joke, we had to make a “Radio Cabinet” instead of the “Radio Cabinet,” that is, a structure in the form rectangular parallelepiped with dimensions 500 x 500 x 300 mm. The project was timed to coincide with the half-century anniversary of Gagarin’s flight, and the device itself was named “Kedr” in honor of the call sign of the planet’s first cosmonaut.” It also had another name - ARISSat-1, by name international association radio amateurs working with satellites launched from the ISS. The satellite was made in international cooperation, but also for the first time, the Department of Design of Electronic Computing Systems of South-West State University took an active part in its creation, which became a full partner of the Radioskaf project in 2010. This is where the scientific equipment designed by Kursk students came in handy - those same vacuum gauges. Of course, the creators of “Cedar” did not forget about radio amateurs, for whom messages were broadcast in different languages of the world. The satellite was sent into orbit from the ISS on August 3, 2011, and it successfully completed its mission, in particular, by measuring the density of particles in airless space at orbits of different altitudes.
Nanosatellite over the Andes
“We continue to work on the Radioscaf program in collaboration with RSC Energia, which partially finances our activities and undertakes the launch of student and amateur radio devices as part of its own experimental programs,” says Valeryan Pikkiev. — We are making the next satellite, Chaski-1, together with students Technical University from Peru. This will be a satellite in the world's popular CubeSat nanoformat (a cube with sides of 10 cm, weight 1.3 kg). There will be no scientific equipment on the device, but we intend to test specially designed frames that make it possible to passively stabilize the satellite along the lines magnetic field Earth. In addition, low-resolution cameras will be installed on Chaski-1. They will allow you to take photos earth's surface(two cameras in the visible spectrum, two infrared), the images from them will be available to radio amateurs. We will also work out the command line at a frequency of 144, 430 MHz. All this will allow us to launch scientific equipment in the next joint satellite - in particular, a new generation of our vacuum meters, which are now capable of recording not only the concentration of particles, but also determining their nature.”
Where to throw - that is the question
Of course, nanosatellites can be launched in different ways. There is an option to place a cassette with satellites between the second and third stages of a rocket launching, say, a heavy communications satellite into orbit. Concepts are being developed for a two-stage aircraft-rocket launch, similar to Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne project. However, as long as the ISS exists, it will represent perhaps the most reliable platform for such launches, and for this purpose it is used by both Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from the United States and Japan. However, here too the human factor can be minimized.
The history of Russian student and amateur radio satellite construction began in 1996, when, on the initiative of cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, a small copy of the world’s first satellite was launched from the Mir station. The flight aroused great interest among radio amateurs around the world.
“Currently, as part of our program, we are making a cannon for launching small satellites,” says Sergei Samburov. “It will be a box the size of a shoe box, and inside there will be a spring that, on command, will push the satellite out at the right moment. And this is not so simple in reality, since the device must be launched in the right direction, giving it rotation. If you simply throw the satellite away from the station, then according to the laws of ballistics it will return to the station. You need to throw along the motion vector or against the vector, but you can’t throw along the vector, because then the satellite will rise to a higher orbit and fly over the station, and if the station corrects its orbit, a collision may occur. The probability is small, but it is there. You have to throw against the vector, and then the device goes under the station, and then overtakes it and will never collide with it again.” The technique of launching a satellite manually is quite complex, and even on Earth, cosmonauts practice it during training in a hydro pool. If it is created automatic device shooting satellites, the crew will need to do exactly two things: pull the device out into space, and then, upon returning to the station, give the launch command.
Useful and safe
Today, RSC Energia has created special unit, dealing with small spacecraft. The main goal of its activities is educational. “Students who took part in the creation of spacecraft during their studies will come to us as specialists with experience in practical design. This is very important for us,” says Sergei Samburov. “In addition, one should not think that small satellites are only suitable for training and hobbies. They can be used to test motion and maneuvering technologies, stabilization systems, and the operation of new devices for quite serious tasks. And with the relatively low cost of these devices, the cost of an error is lower, which otherwise could ruin a large and expensive satellite or probe.”
All that remains is last question: Will the global craze for nanosatellites become another factor in the pollution of near-Earth space - after all, there is already enough space debris in orbit. “There’s nothing to worry about,” explains Valeryan Pikkiev. — Amateur satellites are not long-lived orbital satellites. From the height of the ISS (approximately 400 km), our satellites fly to the dense layers of the atmosphere for only six months. In addition, we make them from materials that easily burn due to friction with air, so that none of our creations will ever fall on anyone’s head.
Light a star with your own hands August 17th, 2014
A Russian engineer invites everyone to participate in the creation of a microsatellite, which, after launch, will be visible as very bright Star in the night sky.
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Alexander Shaenko, until recently he worked at the company "" and taught at MSTU. N. E. Bauman. In 2014 he founded the community " Your sector of space"with the goal of popularizing astronautics in Russian society. He was so fascinated by the matter that he left the office for the opportunity to bring space to people. Alexander speaks himself and invites scientists and engineers to lectures who have worked for decades in the space industry and have contributed their efforts to Soviet victories in earth's orbit.
For example, I recommend setting aside an hour of your time to listen to a lecture by one of the designers of the legendary Soyuz spacecraft, Viktor Eliseevich Minenko. It's always better to learn about something first-hand. I will post the first fragment, and the continuation can be found at youtube channel. From the lecture you can learn about the complex and painstaking task of creating a spaceship, about the relationship between the astronauts and the designers. The conversation is not limited to Soyuz, it is also said about Clipper, and Zarya, and Dragon SpaceX.
But now it's not about business for a long time days gone by, but about the future, to which each of us can have a hand.
In order to popularize astronautics and space, Alexander decided to launch a satellite, which would become a reason to look into the night starry sky. This project will give everyone the opportunity to get involved in the creation of real spacecraft.
The satellite's design is extremely simple: it is a CubeSat standard body, 10x10x20 cm in size, a small control unit on batteries, a vessel with compressed gas and a tightly rolled inflatable balloon made of the thinnest film with a metallized coating. After being launched into orbit, compressed gas fills the balloon and the microtraveler turns into a shiny “crystal” several meters in size.
The device and principle of operation are so simple that the device does not require solar panels or numerous sensors that fill satellites to monitor their performance. The device's task is simple - to inflate the reflective balloon after insertion into orbit. At this moment a new “star” will appear in the sky.
The authors of the project say that it will be brighter than the brightest star in our sky - Sirius, or even brighter than the International Space Station. True, this is hard to believe, because the station is the size of a stadium and also has many reflective surfaces. Most likely, the satellite of “Your sector of space” will rotate and throw bright sunbeams around it. So its flight will resemble “Iridium flares”, which, although rare, flare brighter than the ISS:
In any case, everyone who financially supports the project will be able to go outside at a designated time and pointing to the sky and say:
- Look, my star is flying.
So far the initiators are collecting 400 thousand rubles. to test the satellite in the stratosphere: they plan to launch a fully functional model on a stratospheric balloon. Sputnik will take off 35 kilometers and inflate, as it should do in space. After successful tests, Alexander is ready to begin implementing a space launch, which will require about 2.5 million rubles (including taxes and commissions).
You don’t have to worry about debris in the orbit: the low mass of the satellite and the large area of the balloon will lead to it quickly slowing down on the upper layers of the atmosphere, leaving orbit and burning up. Moreover, such a device in the future will make it possible to combat orbital clogging if similar cylinders are installed on satellites and opened when the operating time of the devices is up. Currently such devices are just being developed.
The flight into the stratosphere will be carried out with the participation of
Space and its wonderful expanses are interesting to all children. Indeed, every child is interested in space exploration. But it’s worth saying that studying space is even more interesting if you make space crafts. Therefore, here we decided to talk about what crafts about space with your own hands from scrap materials you can make with your child. In this article we have collected only the best ideas.
What space crafts to make with your own hands
Now we will talk about how to make a craft about space with your own hands. Of course, in our article you can find not only simple crafts, but also the most original ones, which can be a decoration for your home or an exhibition.
Applications on a space theme.
Preschoolers should develop fine motor skills before going to school. Therefore, for the space application, prepare cereals or beans.
To make a beautiful craft for your child, first of all show him the planet Jupiter. To do this, use some picture.
Then cut out a circle from white cardboard and decorate it with beans of different colors. Of course, in this work it is necessary to use glue.
To create the next application you will need 3 disposable plates. Make the sun from one plate, and the planet Earth from the other. Make a month from the third plate.
Take 2 sheets of cardboard. One should have a dark shade and the other should be light. Decorate the cardboard with clouds and stars.
For the next application, paint the album sheet with dark blue or black paint. Cut out individual characters from colored paper. Create a composition.
Drawing the solar system is very simple. Glue several buttons and a yellow circle to the white sheet of the album.
Space rocket.
A beautiful craft about space, which was created with your own hands, can be a voluminous work. In order to make such a rocket you will need a large cardboard case. It can be made from a long roll or from a couple of these cardboard rolls.
The rocket body should be covered with white paper. Also attach a cone-shaped tip to the body. Also cover the tip with snow-white paper.
Later, using felt-tip pens or paints, you will paint your rocket. Now, it’s worth making the rocket nozzles. For this you need rolls of cardboard bigger size. Cover them with white paper and attach them to the rocket and glue them. Nozzles should have tips, but they should not be sharp.
It is also worth making tanks for the rocket. For these, use smaller rolls.
You can decorate the rocket at your discretion. Paste them over or decorate them with felt-tip pens.
Mini rocket.
If you don’t have a huge cone at home, you can make a beautiful one space rocket from a roll toilet paper. Take a look at the master class that will help you make this craft. As you can see, there is nothing complicated here.
Robots made from cans.
In this article you can find crafts about space that are very easy to make with your own hands. You just have to look at the photo and thoughts will appear in your head that will help you create something extraordinary.
It’s easy enough to make robots from old cans that need to be washed and cleared of labels.
Robot made from boxes.
If you have boxes at home, you can make a big robot out of them. Such a robot will certainly take its rightful place at the competitive exhibition.
Aliens made of plasticine.
Your child will love making plasticine aliens. In this case, you can use plasticine of a wide variety of colors.
Space satellites.
You can make a lot of different crafts for a space exhibition. But if the exhibition is held in a kindergarten, then the children can make space satellites from foam balls and toothpicks.
Space mobiles.
If you want to amaze everyone around you with an unusual product, then help your child make a variety of space mobiles. Of course, you will have to spend a lot of time creating such a craft. In addition, to create a craft you will need:
- cardboard and colored paper,
- twigs for the base made of bamboo or fiberglass,
- fishing line,
- small weights and thread,
- paints and foam balls.
Progress:
- First, you need to cut a circle from a thick sheet of cardboard and paint it with paints.
- After that, it is worth attaching threads to the circle, to which the foam balls will be attached.
- The balls themselves can be made from several layers of newspaper or polystyrene foam.
Look at what space mobiles can be like.
DIY planet.
Check out this tutorial that will help you make an original craft.
Finally
Space-themed crafts can be very diverse. You can take a closer look at our publication ideas or create something special. In general, remember that if you apply your imagination and pay attention to this process, you can get the most original crafts that will lift your spirits and make you admire.
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How Katya and I made the GLONASS satellite for an astronomy project:: This is interesting!
In October, our Simferopol Children's Astronomical Observatory hosted a conference dedicated to the anniversary of the flight of the first satellite. And all the members of the “Path to Astronomy” circle Katya adored were also invited to participate. Katya herself doesn’t mind, besides, since childhood I’ve taught her to be active, to participate and sign up for everything: “you can fight for anything, except a hunger strike” :)
The topic was chosen quickly - we are all interested not so much in the history of astronautics, but in its current state and even the future. Therefore, we immediately thought about GLONASS - the Russian satellite network, which is now actively developing. What needs to be done here and what to talk about is immediately clear: about the network itself, about the technical component (how much of what, the characteristics of the devices, etc.), about why it is needed, about the history of development, about its difference from a similar GPS network.
And then it’s just a matter of little things - read about GLONASS on the Internet, collect all the facts into a presentation, rehearse it well (Katya doesn’t teach reports by heart, but prepares them at home so that you can present them without a piece of paper). And make some kind of visual “trick” so that there is something to show at the performance.
Of course, my husband and I helped Katya prepare for the conference, so it worked out family project. But in such cases I always pay Special attention so that, firstly, the topic is understandable, and, most importantly, interesting and necessary for Katya herself. Otherwise, all this initially makes no sense - we don’t need another diploma or diploma! Secondly, I strive for Katya to take maximum participation at all stages of the work. After all, it’s not the parents who are doing the project, but the daughter. Parents only help! With the aim that a few more such works under our leadership, and it will be possible to release Katya "to free swimming". At least many messages on school lessons She already cooks herself, but a year ago I couldn’t even imagine that my daughter would manage this task without me :)
So, first, Katya and I prepared a message. And illustrated it with a presentation. Thanks to the website of the GLONASS Information and Analytical Center - there we found perfectly structured information that perfectly formed the basis of the presentation. The message at the conference was supposed to be short, about 5-7 minutes, so the presentation only had 9 slides: the most important things about GLONASS. No special technical details, which would be boring for children. Our children in astronomy, of course, are all smart and advanced, but still they are 8-12 years old, so you shouldn’t “load” them too much :) You can download the presentation and watch it on Yandex.disk using this direct link https: //yadi.sk/i/qGQw1hnU3PLm95 - I posted it for free access. It’s just better to save it to your computer first, otherwise the texts and pictures may “scatter” in the viewer. And I added this same presentation to the “PRESENTATIONS” page of my blog - I hope you have already been to it. There I have already collected more than 200 computer presentations that I made for my children, and with the children, and the children themselves were the most different topics and age: from 0 to 12 years. I'm constantly adding presentations, so check it out :)
Well, when the message itself was ready, it was time to visualize it. This stage, of course, was the most exciting for Katya: the whole family thought about it and decided to make a model of one of the GLONASS system satellites with our own hands.
Here dad was working with Katya - this is his contribution to raising children, making all sorts of different things with them :) Here I wrote about the fact that in different years Anton made with children and for children: Starscope, Feeder with video broadcast, Robot paints eggs, Microscope from a mobile phone, Model of the spacecraft "OSIRIS-REx", Wire puzzles, Auto-rocking on a crib, robot from unnecessary parts and Robot-computer mouse, Robot -spider, Electric motor model, Radio operator (telegraph) key, Water rocket, Steam turbine, Traffic light, Periscope.
But this time - GLONASS satellite :)
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| GLONASS satellite model |
It’s hard to believe, but all this is made of cardboard - one cardboard box covered with gold foil (like a real satellite), and cardboard “solar panels” mounted on thick aluminum wire.
Katya did her best to help with the construction of the model. For example, solar panels are entirely her job. It was necessary to stick blue on both sides colored paper and draw it with a white pencil into squares strictly along the ruler. As many as 8 pieces for one and the other side! Not every adult would have the patience :)
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| The process of working on the satellite :) |
Now all the elements are ready - all that remains is to assemble them into a single unit. For plausibility, I had to constantly check the image real satellite and try to repeat all the details as much as possible.
The fact that the cardboard was corrugated was very useful when assembling the structure - the solar panels were attached to the wire very easily: by threading the wire into the holes of the cardboard.
The wire was pierced through the box-body of the satellite, and so that it would not move, it was secured with hot-melt adhesive.And at the end the most interesting thing is to make antennas and other equipment for the satellite.
They used ballpoint pen casings, screws that Katya painted with white acrylic herself, and even, as you can see, a measuring cup for some kind of medicine came in handy :)
The owner of the satellite is happy:) Of course, it’s almost like a real one, it’s about to fly:)| The GLONASS satellite is ready! |
And the next day there was a conference at the observatory. There were a lot of children and a lot of models. But our coolest one is Katya who said so :) Everyone was divided into groups of 20 people. And despite the fact that Katya gave a report on the last twentieth, she told everything as it should - she loves and knows how to speak in front of the audience. True, she is very worried about this, although she should have gotten used to it already, after more than three years of her active school life :)
And I remember how little Katya always hung around and envied her older brother Vita when he was preparing research projects at the MAN in the same way. How I loved listening to rehearsals of his reports :) Especially astronomical ones - he did two of them in different years: A report on spacecraft, 6th grade, a report on “Mission to the Bennu asteroid”, 8th grade. And now her dream has come true - she herself speaks in front of the audience with her own report and her own satellite :) Our other homemade spaceships can be viewed here:
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Children's crafts for school on the theme "Space"
In our material you will find the most interesting ideas for crafts on the theme “Space” that a child can make with his own hands for projects at school or for self-study Universe.
The mysterious cosmos and everything connected with it have always fascinated both adults and children. Is there life on Mars, why do stars glow, how to get to the Moon - children tirelessly ask different questions. If your child likes this topic, involve him in more detailed study space. Educational cartoons about space will be a wonderful start. And so that studying your favorite topic does not turn into boredom, invite your child to make interesting crafts about space with his own hands for school.
Such DIY children's crafts about space not only have an educational effect, but are also great for developing perseverance and concentration in schoolchildren. With their help, you will be able to act out stories from books about space, your child will learn more about the solar system and will be able to prepare well for thematic lessons at school. Just imagine the joy of a child when his craft about space at school receives a lot of praise!
How the Solar System works: a cheat sheet for children's crafts for school on the theme of Space
Tell your child how the solar system works: what planets are included in it, how far the Earth is from the Sun. Let the child gradually remember the names of all the planets. Don't rush it - it will take time.
DIY crafts for children on the theme “Space”
Model solar system can be easily made from foam balls different sizes and skewers for shish kebab. The balls need to be painted in the colors of the planets, strung on skewers and stuck in the “sun”. Instead of foam balls, you can also use plasticine by mixing different colors. Follow the link - more interesting ideas for working with plasticine.
If nothing works with foam plastic, you can draw planets on cardboard and place them in the same way as foam plastic, as shown in the pictures above.
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Planets are an absolute element of any craft about space. Making similar planets from threads is not difficult. Step by step instructions and what you need for the craft you will find in our master class on how to make Easter Egg from threads, because the principle is the same.
Saturn made from a foam ball and an old CD is a great idea for a small DIY space craft. The main thing is to find at least one old disk at home.
An interesting mobile made of felt planets, stars and a spaceship will become an entertaining craft about space with your own hands for a child, because it will require time and patience. And such a mobile will be a wonderful decoration for the room. If a felt craft is difficult for a child to handle, let him build a similar mobile from paper.
What about a soft solar system? These pom-pom planets are very pleasant to hold in your hands and can be easily carried to school for lessons - they do not wrinkle and easily fit into a backpack. How to make pompoms with your own hands, read the link.
Stained glass windows with a pattern imitating the surface of the Earth are a very beautiful and simple craft. A child can make it as a craft on the theme of space, because the Earth is one of the planets of the solar system, or as a craft for school on Earth Day. Watch the master class on how to make stained glass in the shape of the Earth, follow the link.
Every space lover dreams of flying there one day. But while your child is still learning the basics of space exploration, invite him to make a rocket like this. Both a great toy and an incentive to future profession!
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When studying space, you simply cannot do without stars and constellations. Having made a similar craft with your child from toilet paper rolls, rubber bands and cut-out paper diagrams constellations, studying astronomy will be more interesting. Poke a needle through the black dots on the diagrams, stick over the black paper onto the sleeve and secure with an elastic band. The child can look into the sleeve as if through a telescope, or use a flashlight to illuminate the holes from the inside. You can download constellation diagrams from the link.
It’s very simple to make a craft on the theme of space and planets with your own hands, which you can also wear on yourself. Girls will especially like this DIY necklace. You will need beads of different sizes and colors. If there are no beads of the required colors, do not let the child be upset, because they can always be recolored.
Now, when your child needs to make a space-themed craft for school with his own hands, you won’t have to spend the whole evening racking your brains about what to build and how. And here we are for some reason confident that these DIY crafts will captivate not only children, but also adults. Make interesting crafts with your child, watch educational cartoons, read books about space and discover the secrets of our Universe together!
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Model of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft:: This is interesting!
It so happened that my favorite thing to do was recycling old stuff. All computers work, including the “old ones”, which not all museums remember now. Broken things are not thrown away; on the contrary, new uses are found for them. I even built my business on the reuse of old devices. Therefore, it is not surprising that the mock-up of the OSIRIS-REx space probe was made from what was at hand and what was not needed. If you look closely, you can see many familiar things.| Model of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft |
The solar panel mounting trusses are made from 6mm thick PVC scraps. If a thicker one had been found at home, perhaps they would have been even more beautiful. PVC is easily cut with a regular working knife. I had to drill the holes not with a drill, but simply with a drill, turning it by hand. It turned out more neatly this way. For the convenience of such jewelry drills, I have a separate chuck, like a handle for the drill, to make it easier to hold.
Foil - understandable. From chocolate. It was glued onto cardboard, areas where it could be unsightly were masked, and the finished panels were installed in place. Solar panels are a gimmick, a mock-up element that is very similar to a real device. The human eye sees this very realistic detail and perceives everything else as real and not homemade. The panels are printed on a color printer, glued to cardboard with double-sided tape and “laminated” with simple tape. The defect in the adhesive tape was left on purpose (imperfection as the author's style:). 
The hinges for mounting solar panels are a small pride. The metal base of the hinge is made from a breakable protective strip from the computer case. When a new expansion card is inserted into a computer, such a strip is usually broken out. Computer cases are made of a soft but durable material that is easy to process, while the metal looks quite commercial. I inserted plastic bushings of suitable diameter into the holes of the curved metal brackets, which held the electronics inside the body of an old DVD player that I was disassembling for parts. Having secured the hinge with a self-tapping screw and a rubber seal from a water tap, I got a quite beautiful part, which I then reinforced with a piece of PVC and installed in place. And there are 2 of these.
Cameras are start trackers. As you know, there is no GPS in space, so you have to position yourself by the stars and by forecasting your own position, based on mathematical calculations. This binocular system was made to track stars. The base is cut out of foam plastic, and the imitation lenses of mini-telescopes are the remains of rivets made by a riveting tool that came to hand by chance. Somewhere I was redoing something, removing old rivets, the remains were lying around and were useful as telescopes. Vitka did everything himself. 
With Vitka’s devices, everything is clear. My son loves to make compositions from everything he finds. Here we used old floppy disks as a basis, radio parts, wires and small things as a set. Even the metal cap of a wire bridle from champagne that came to hand was used. All this was assembled with a glue gun. The result was quite realistic instrument assemblies, reminiscent of the probe's on-board systems.
The blue helium bottle was made from a cylindrical pill bottle and two caps from a kinder box. All this is glued, processed and painted with bumper paint from a can. Bumper paint is a great invention. It dries instantly, and the painted surface has a very marketable appearance. The cylinder is mounted on a foam plastic bracket and decorated with a piece of plastic from a floppy disk. By the way, I cut plastic and other thin materials besides metal with kitchen scissors. This is a powerful tool, very convenient and, above all, very cheap. 
A manipulator is a special thing. The rods are made of thick insulated aluminum wire for electrical wiring. Hinges are made of PVC. And the working tool itself for collecting soil is made from a broken umbrella. If you look inside the center of your umbrella, you will immediately see the same one. 
The devices on the top panel are boxes and tubes made of golden designer cardboard. Vitka did the whole thing, and he glued it into place. They also use PVC for flat objects and tubes from an empty pen refill. Vitka cut out the plastic plates with a knife and treated them with emery cloth to smooth out the sharp corners.
Power point– again a cardboard tube, half a crumpled tennis ball and a lid from kitchen detergent with the middle cut out. 
Both conical structures: both the capsule and the antenna, were made by Vitka from cardboard. The capsule is held on by magnetic tape cut from a refrigerator magnet. It can be easily removed to demonstrate the release of soil samples to Earth. 
Finally, fine details are added to the objects using a fine marker. 
Wire puzzles, Wireless headphones, The sound of the sea surf in the bathroom, Auto rocker for a crib, Chandelier self made in the kitchen, a robot made from unnecessary parts and a Robot Computer Mouse, a Spider Robot, a Model of an Electric Motor, a Radio Operator (Telegraph) Key, a Water Rocket, a Steam Turbine, a Traffic Light, a Periscope. With this work by Viti and Anton, we are participating in the March Creative Creative by Lisa Arie.
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So, when creating crafts with your child for Cosmonautics Day, you can tell him about the structure of our Universe, about the difficulties that astronauts have to face, and about rocket science.
The rocket is the main means of exploring outer space. This can be clearly displayed on the application, the main objects of which will be spaceship and our planet Earth. To make the picture brighter and more interesting, we complement it with decorative foil stars.
Look at the video on how to make a very bright and colorful craft on the theme of space:
In the form of an application, you can create an image of the rockets themselves. And so that the child can dream and imagine himself in the role of an astronaut, you can place his photograph in the porthole.
It is very interesting for children to hear about the cosmic feat of our Soviet hero dogs Belka and Strelka. And making applique with them will bring great joy.
Using the applique technique, you can create an amazingly beautiful outer space with planets and stars.
Application "outer space"
Younger children can be asked to assemble an image of a rocket from pre-prepared templates - for example, by correctly distributing and gluing round portholes and flames.
A space rocket can be made from ordinary plasticine.
A very beautiful rocket is made from salt dough.
Children are usually interested to know that a rocket is a very large spacecraft, which, after being launched into space, is almost always outside the earth's orbit. And food supplies to the astronauts on board are delivered by a small pilot-controlled spacecraft - the shuttle.
Offer to make your own shuttle from a toilet paper roll: by flattening it a little on the sides, you will get a ship hull that needs to be glued onto the wings. The model turns out to be three-dimensional, and if you carefully cut a hatch in the upper part, the child will be able to put his toy into the space shuttle.