Building the First Half of the Lander Chassis

The first half of the building instructions for the lander are provided in the remainder of this chapter. Each image shows the pieces you will need to locate in the LEGO Education Resource Set and their quantities. You will also see where these pieces are to be placed.

Chapter 8 will continue with the building instructions for the remaining sub-assemblies. When done, you’ll have a fully-built Lander that looks like the one in Figure 7-2.

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Figure 7-2. The actual Mars Lander Mark VII built from LEGO Resource Set parts

Note If you are uncertain about the placement of a piece in a figure, jump ahead ...

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