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Thames & Kosmos Space-explorers 620734 Assembly Manual

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Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de
Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com
Thames & Kosmos UK Ltd, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2QZ , United Kingdom | 01580 212000 | www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk

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  • Page 1 E X PE R I M E NT M A N UA L Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com Thames &...

  • Page 2: Safety Information

    › › › SAFETY INFORMATION Safety Information Notes on Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Components WARNING. Only for use by children aged 8 years and older. Instructions for parents or other supervising adults are included The electronic components of this product are recyclable. For the and have to be observed.

  • Page 3: Kit Contents

    › › › KIT CONTENTS What’s inside your experiment kit: Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off Description Qty. Item No. Description Qty. Item No. Joint pin 35-mm axle 1156-W10-A1R 7413-W10-O1D Axle lock 70-mm axle 3620-W10-A1D 7061-W10-Q1D Shaft plug 90-degree converter X, black 7026-W10-H1R 7061-W10-J1D Shaft pin...

  • Page 4: Tips And Tricks

    › › › TIPS AND TRICKS Hole A Hole Here are a few tips for assembling and using the models. Read them carefully before starting. Hole A. Gear hole alignment Pay close attention to the alignment of the Hole C holes in the gear wheels.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Remote-Control Machines: Space Explorers › › › TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety Information ............Inside front cover Kit Contents ...................... 1 Tips and Tricks ....................2 Table of Contents .................... 3 Exploring Space with Machines and Robots Mars Exploration .................... 4 Build a model resembling the Curiosity Mars Rover and learn about how it got to Mars and what it did when it got there.

  • Page 6: Exploring Space With Machines And Robots

    Exploring Space with Machines and Robots Robots are mechanical agents controlled by computer programs. They can be programmed to perform all sorts of tasks and movements. Robots can assemble cars, play soccer, wash windows, vacuum floors, fly planes, map terrain, climb mountains, entertain people, cook dinner —...

  • Page 7: Mars Exploration

    Mars Exploration MARS ROVER 14 x 2 x 9 x 46 x 10 x 4 x Hard plastic Align Rubbery plastic Rubbery plastic 30-mm axle...
  • Page 8 MARS ROVER 35-mm axle Rubbery plastic 30-mm axle...
  • Page 9 Mars Exploration 35-mm axle 30-mm axle Stickers...
  • Page 10 MARS ROVER 35-mm axle...
  • Page 11 Mars Exploration Connect to hole A Hole A Hole A Hole Hole Hole C 35-mm axle...
  • Page 12 MARS ROVER...
  • Page 13 Mars Exploration 30-mm axle...
  • Page 14 MARS ROVER...
  • Page 15 Mars Exploration Push Done! Exploring “Mars” EXPERIMENT 1 HERE’S HOW investigated and collected such as and, while staying at least one meter Have a friend or family member set small cardboard boxes (e.g., tea away from the model at all times, try up a make-believe Mars landscape in boxes and matchboxes), light toys, to collect all of the objects and bring...
  • Page 16 CHECK IT OUT Curiosity Makes You Smarter On November 26, 2011, the moment had finally arrived. The most ambitious NASA mission to date for the exploration of Mars had started: The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) lifted off from Cape Canaveral on board an Atlas V 541 rocket. The centerpiece of this Mars mission was the Curiosity rover.
  • Page 17 Mars Exploration CURIOSITY’S ENGINEERING IN DETAIL With a mass of 900 kg and the size of a compact car, Curiosity is by far the heaviest man-made object ever to land on the Martian surface. In contrast to earlier rover missions to Mars, Curiosity is powered with a small atomic battery rather than solar cells.
  • Page 18 CHECK IT OUT WELL EQUIPPED WITH DRILL, SHOVEL, AND BRUSH Curiosity’s arm is equipped with a drilling system, a digging shovel, a brush, and a sieve with collection containers. This equipment can even allow it to analyze deeper levels of soil and rock.
  • Page 19 Mars Exploration Getting to Know Mars, One Step at a Time For researchers, Mars was right up there with the moon as an attractive candidate for exploration. It is close to Earth and a rocky planet. It gets its red color from iron compounds in its soil. Its surface is a rocky desert with monstrous extinct volcanoes and dried seas and river beds.
  • Page 20 CHECK IT OUT Curiosity Opportunity WATER AND ICE ON MARS! In January 2004, the NASA rovers Spirit and Sojourner Opportunity landed on Mars. In early March, they delivered the sensational news: There was liquid water on Mars. Opportunity found sulfur compounds that can only form in liquid water.

  • Page 21: Getting To Space

    Getting to Space SPACE SHUTTLE 3 x 4 x 38 x 3 x 1 x Connect to hole B 30-mm axle...
  • Page 22 SPACE SHUTTLE...
  • Page 23 Getting to Space 30-mm axle 30-mm axle...
  • Page 24 SPACE SHUTTLE...
  • Page 25 Getting to Space...
  • Page 26 SPACE SHUTTLE EXPERIMENT 2 Cargo mission Done! HERE’S HOW What can your space shuttle transport to the International Space Station? Turn on your model and see if you can remotely control the space shuttle’s cargo bay doors to open and the inner mechanical arm to lift out of the cargo bay.
  • Page 27 Getting to Space CHECK IT OUT A Cargo Truck for Space Its loading bay gave the Space Shuttle a lot of flexibility. It was the only carrier capable of taking a cargo of up to 24.5 tons from Earth to space, such as to the International Space Station.

  • Page 28: Shuttle Arm

    SHUTTLE ARM Connect to hole A 6 x 11 x 4 x 4 x Hole A Hole Hole Hole C...
  • Page 29 Getting to Space 30-mm axle 35-mm axle...
  • Page 30 SHUTTLE ARM 35-mm axle Large gear with holes...
  • Page 31 Getting to Space...
  • Page 32 SHUTTLE ARM 35-mm axle 35-mm axle Connect to hole B...
  • Page 33 Getting to Space EXPERIMENT 3 Reach for the stars HERE’S HOW Turn your model on and test its range of motion. How far to the left and right can it turn? Can it turn all the way around? Can it reach down to the horizontal plane (to the tabletop)? How high up can it reach? Also, try affixing some heavier building pieces to the end of the arm: Can it lift...
  • Page 34 CHECK IT OUT Robotics Comes in Handy The Space Shuttle was a reusable spaceplane developed by NASA. It is sometimes also referred to as an orbiter. It functioned as both a space taxi and a space transporter. For example, it carried both astronauts and materials to the International Space Station (ISS), which orbits the Earth at a height of around 400 km.

  • Page 35: Shoot For The Moon

    Shoot for the Moon LUNAR ROVER 2 x 8 x 21 x 4 x 2 x 30-mm axle...
  • Page 36 LUNAR ROVER 30-mm axle Hole A Hole Hole Hole C Connect to both holes B Stickers...
  • Page 37 Shoot for the Moon Rubbery plastic Align Hard plastic...
  • Page 38 LUNAR ROVER Rubbery plastic 35-mm axles Rubbery plastic 30-mm axle...
  • Page 39 Shoot for the Moon...
  • Page 40 LUNAR ROVER...
  • Page 41 Shoot for the Moon Done! EXPERIMENT 4 That’s one small step ... HERE’S HOW Many areas on the moon’s surface are very flat, so your lunar rover model was designed to travel on smooth, flat surfaces. But can it drive over bumpier or rougher terrain? First try driving the model on a smooth floor, such as a wood floor.
  • Page 42 CHECK IT OUT BREAKDOWN SERVICE ON THE MOON For power, it carried two non- rechargeable 36-volt silver oxide-zinc batteries, which gave it a top speed of 13 km/h and a maximum range of 92 km. On the second day of the Apollo 17 mission, a fender was torn off the LRV’s right rear wheel and had to be repaired.

  • Page 43: Deep Space

    Deep Space ROCKET LAUNCH CAR 2 x 6 x 30 x 6 x...
  • Page 44 ROCKET LAUNCH CAR Hard plastic Align Rubbery plastic 30-mm axle...
  • Page 45 Deep Space 30-mm axle 30-mm axle 35-mm axle 35-mm axle 30-mm axles...
  • Page 46 ROCKET LAUNCH CAR Hole A Hole Hole Connect to Hole C hole B...
  • Page 47 Deep Space Connect to 30-mm axle hole B Rubbery plastic Rubbery plastic...
  • Page 48 ROCKET LAUNCH CAR...
  • Page 49 Deep Space Done! EXPERIMENT 5 Aiming high HERE’S HOW As the operator of this rocket launch car, it’s your job to get this rocket, which is carrying a scientific probe, into space. Mission control has given you specific instructions to drive the rocket launch vehicle two meters forward and then position the rocket at a 25-degree angle to prepare it for blast off.

  • Page 50: Probe

    PROBE 2 x 32 x Hole A Hole Hole Connect to hole A Hole C Connect to hole C Connect to hole A Connect hole C...
  • Page 51 Deep Space 30-mm axle...
  • Page 52 PROBE...
  • Page 53 Deep Space Hard plastic Align...
  • Page 54 PROBE “Communications antenna” EXPERIMENT 6 Searching far and wide HERE’S HOW Pretend you are a NASA scientist. Your space probe needs to be deployed on a mission to travel far away from Earth and photograph planets as it Done! passes by them. Once it is in space, it has “solar panel arms”...
  • Page 55 Deep Space Traveling Through Endless Space A satellite is an artificial spacecraft. This kind of attendant — which is the literal meaning of the Latin word — orbits around a heavenly body such as a planet or a moon. Satellites that orbit Earth are known as Earth satellites. Sputnik 1 (1) was the first artificial Earth satellite.
  • Page 56 SPACE DROID Rubbery plastic Hard plastic Align 10 x 27 x 35-mm axle 35-mm axle...

  • Page 57: Robots In Space

    Robots in Space 30-mm axle Hard plastic Hard plastic 30-mm axle 30-mm axle...

  • Page 58: Space Droid

    SPACE DROID 30-mm axle 30-mm axle...
  • Page 59 Robots in Space 35-mm axle Rubbery plastic 35-mm axle Rubbery plastic...
  • Page 60 SPACE DROID Hole A Connect to holes B Hole Hole Hole C Connect to holes B Done! EXPERIMENT 7 At your service HERE’S HOW Your personal assistant droid is ready to serve you. Can you control it to move forward and backward in a straight line? Can you control it to turn left and right by only powering one motor at a time? Can you make it stand upright as if to greet a newly discovered alien friend?
  • Page 61 Robots in Space CHECK IT OUT The Famous Robots of Hollywood Droids, or human-like robots, have already existed for a while in the fantasy worlds of science fiction books and movies. Science fiction conceives of worlds in which new technological possibilities and speculations are woven into the story.
  • Page 62 WALKING BOT 11 x 30-mm axle 8 x 26 x 5 x 30-mm axle Hole A Hole Hole Hole C 30-mm axle...
  • Page 63 Robots in Space Connect to hole A 35-mm axle...

  • Page 64: Walking Bot

    WALKING BOT...
  • Page 65 Robots in Space Connect to hole C Connect to hole C...
  • Page 66 WALKING BOT Hard plastic Align...
  • Page 67 Robots in Space Stickers EXPERIMENT 8 Walking the walk Done! HERE’S HOW This robot pal is designed to walk on two legs. Experiment with the positioning of the rods that make up its feet. Can you get it to balance on one foot and then the other, to slowly shift its weight back and forth between legs, and thus move forward or backward?

  • Page 68: Cross-Wing Starship

    CROSS-WING STARSHIP 11 x 11 x 4 x 41 x 5 x 3 x 30-mm axles Hole A Hole Hole Connect to hole A Hole C...
  • Page 69 Futuristic Spacecraft 35-mm axle Connect to hole B Connect to hole A Connect to hole B 35-mm axle...
  • Page 70 CROSS-WING STARSHIP...
  • Page 71 Futuristic Spacecraft 35-mm axles Connect to hole B...
  • Page 72 CROSS-WING STARSHIP Connect to hole B...
  • Page 73 Futuristic Spacecraft...
  • Page 74 CROSS-WING STARSHIP Done! EXPERIMENT 9 Jumping into hyperspace HERE’S HOW This fantastic model imagines a time in the future when hyperspace travel — faster than light speed travel — is possible. The thruster wings in the back lock together during light speed travel and separate to provide greater maneuverability when flying through atmosphere.

  • Page 75: Spaceship Controller

    Futuristic Spacecraft SPACESHIP CONTROLLER 10 x 4 x 23 x 5 x 3 x 35-mm axle Hole A Hole Hole Hole C Connect to holes B...
  • Page 76 SPACESHIP CONTROLLER 35-mm axle Connect to hole B...
  • Page 77 Futuristic Spacecraft 30-mm axle 35-mm axle...
  • Page 78 SPACESHIP CONTROLLER...
  • Page 79 Futuristic Spacecraft 35-mm axle...
  • Page 80 SPACESHIP CONTROLLER Roll Pitch EXPERIMENT 10 Space flight simulator HERE’S HOW In space, the concepts of “up” and “down” don’t mean what they do on Earth! If you had a Done! spaceship, you could point it in any direction and go.
  • Page 81 Futuristic Spacecraft CHECK IT OUT Where do we go from here? Robot technologies have long been successfully used in the exploration of planets and space. Without them, there would be no spectacular missions to Mars or anywhere else. But researchers have also been working on other astounding ideas and solutions.
  • Page 82 CHECK IT OUT...
  • Page 83 Kosmos Quality and Safety More than one hundred years of expertise in publishing science experiment kits stand behind every product that bears the Kosmos name. Kosmos experiment kits are designed by an experienced team of specialists and tested with the utmost care during development and production.

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