Space origami

Make your own model of this folding NASA space technology designed to help capture the first images of planets outside our solar system!

How to make an easy origami Alien Designed by Riki SaitoTutorial by Jo Nakashima with permission of the creatorDifficulty level: simpleMy paper: origami pap...

The Retro Rocket from Air and Space Origami Kit Color your own paper or print the design from the kit below.

Origami space shuttle

An origami rocket I made for the sketchbook project 2011 (but decided to keep)... I gave it paper graphic blasts of fire! The string hangs it in place to be photographed in my light box. Come and have a peek at more of my work at: www.bevolee.co.uk and www.beverlycottrell.blogspot.com

Easy Infinite Supernova: I started my origami journey last summer after attending a workshop. Since then I love folding and creasing paper whenever I get some time. Last year, I posted "Infinite Supernova" (find it here). I'm very thankful that it got featured and appreciat…

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The centuries-old art of folding paper is yielding new applications in spacecraft, architecture, and even the human body.

Brigham Young University researchers are developing an origami-inspired folding solar array that's compact at launch, expanding to around 10 times its size once it's deployed in outer space. When developed, it will fold down to a diameter of 2.7 m (9 ft) and unfold to about 25 m (80 ft) across.

Origami Globe: So I have been making origami for years now, and finally stumbled upon this simple "triangle unit" technique. After some brainstorming, I realized that the perfect project (combination of challenge and fun) would be to make a globe. This origami glo…