Description

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There's never been a better time to be an amateur space explorer From high school programs designed to send real student-led experiments to the International Space Station, to building a working VTVL (vertical take off, vertical landing) model rocket like the one from SpaceX, this issue is packed full of projects with actual space applications. And if a space aesthetic is more to your liking for your earthly abode, we've got a giant light-up full moon to hang on your wall and desktop orreries to simulate the movement of the planets around the sun.

Plus 38 more great projects: Program a bot that points to the ISS when overhead Learn to laser-cut EVA foam to customize any cosplay creation Build a light-up acrylic rainbow that changes colors to tell the weather Make a cardboard camera that uses sun prints for film And much more.

About the Author

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Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with remote-control aircraft, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.