Build your own International Space Station
Get ready to build your own paper model of the International Space Station (ISS).
You will need:
- scissors
- craft glue
- sticky tape
- pencil
- International Space Station paper model (preferably on 165 g/m2 cardstock)
- instructions
- thread
What to do
Follow the instructions you have downloaded and you will have your very own model of the International Space Station! You can also play the video below to see the steps involved.
What’s happening
The International Space Station is the largest and most complicated spacecraft ever built. It is being constructed by a collaboration of one hundred thousand people, hundreds of companies, and sixteen nations spread over four continents.
The space station is in a low Earth orbit and can be seen from Earth with the unaided eye. It orbits at an altitude of about 350 kilometres above the Earth and travels at an average speed of 27 700 kilometres per hour, orbiting the Earth 16 times a day!
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