Orbital Space Station

Space is one of the most popular themes in LEGO.  Spaceships of all sorts of styles exist and would take you from one planet to the next.  But that changes now with the Orbital Space Station.  

The Orbital Space Station has six individual modules connected to each other by six nodes.  Two of the nodes include a third connection point that can be used as a docking bay for a crew reentry vehicle.  The six modules are:

• Command Module – This module includes a 3-D galaxy map and computer terminals to operate the space station and communicate with the rest of the galaxy.
• Sickbay – This module includes a medical bed, microscope, and lab table to diagnose space illnesses.
• Brig – This module include two stasis cells and the armory loaded with weapons to ensure order in the space station.
• Engineering – This module contains the heart of the space station, the reactor core.
• Maintenance – This module contains an external window and remote arms to allow space repairs.
• Crew Module – This module contains sleeping areas for the Space Station crew

The Orbital Space Station uses a modular approach allowing you to connect each module together in different ways.  You can even combine multiple kits together.  It follows the concepts used in building Lego Neighborhoods.  At the end of each module is a docking port with holes with connecting pegs.  The connector pegs can attach to another module or a node.  The roofs of each module are attached to tiles and plates with only minimal knobs to hold it in place but allow easy removal. 

The default configuration of the Orbital Space Station is a ring configuration with the antenna farm and solar array in the center.  Each module is 12 x 16 x 10 with a 10 x 12 interior designed to work with most minifigures.  The Modules use few colors to allow users to create new ways to build modules from individual or multiple sets. 

The Orbital Space Station is an update of the modular concept I developed in my prior two projects; Orbiting Space Station Module and Orbiting Space Station.   Two of the pictures show the original project prototype modules.  I will add updates as I finish the other modules.  Thanks to those that supported the first two.