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Instructions
Odyssey
Attach a clear round 2-by-2 brick to the circular plate. Place the Odyssey decal around the brick to create a model stand.
Attack a transparent vertical rod in the center of the round brick, and plug a Technic end cap on the end of it.
Place a black Technic double-pin through the connector, with a pin on either side.
Attach two 2-by-1 handle plates to the top of a 2-by-2 axle plate. The axle channel at the bottom should run parallel to the handles. Clip two flag panels onto the handles, and place a 2-by-2 flat plate on the top. Apply the solar panel decals. This piece becomes the solar array. Attach it to the left side of the Technic pin on the base.
Place two 1-by-1 plates with double knobs on the side atop an axle plate. The knobs should stick off the same side as the axle channel. Put two 2-by-1-stud plates on top of the knob plates. Place a 2-by-1-stud brick next to this on the axle plate.
Insert a beam sword rod into the two knobs on the side of the device.
Insert a tall rod into the hole inside a sand-colored 2-by-2 round brick, and place this on top of the unit.
Clip a 1-by-1 handle plate to the back of a gold reflector dish. Make two of these units, and attach one to each of the rods. Place a third reflector on the end of the rod. this makes the body of the Odyssey satellite. Clip it to the left side of the base.
Mars Exploration Rover
Place a sand-colored 1-by-4-stud plate at the back of a 4-by-6 plate. Join the two using a pair of 2-by-2 bricks with Technic pins sticking out the sides. The pins should stick outward as a rear axle. Place a 1-by-4-stud brick in front of them.
Insert a black Technic pin into a 2-by-1 brick with two Technic holes. Attach a Technic pin with a knob to the other side of this brick. Make a second mirrored unit. Attach these to the chassis of the model, against the 1-by-4 brick, with the black pins meeting each other in the center. The black pins should be in front of the grey pins, which will point outward.
Push the grey rod through the black Technic pins. Attach two grey single-studs to the knobs on the side.
Install a pair of 2-by-1 bricks with Technic pins on the side at the front of the chassis, so they form a front axle. Place a 2-by-1 brick with a centered hole between these on the front, and attach a neck joint pin to the hole.
Place two 2-by-1-stud bricks with handles on the back of the model. Attach two robot arms to these handles, pointing downward. Clip a beam sword rod into the arms and fold it down.
Attach two 1-by-1 knob plates to the ends of a 1-by-6-stud plate. The two should face the same side of the plate, and be at the extreme ends of this plate. Put a 1-by-4 plate between them. Sandwich these between a second 1-by-6-stud plate. Make two units, and attach them to the sides so that the knobs hang off the sides of the model.
Place a 2-by-2 brick between the side panels you just built, at the front of the model, hanging over the neck joint pin.
Thread a Technic endcap on the end of a 4-stud Technic rod. Attach a Technic spacer and a 2-hole perpendicular connector to the end of this. Make two arm units and attach them to the front axle. Loop an elastic band around the back of both arms and the knob above.
Insert a long rod through the two knobs on the side. Repeat on the other side to lock the elastics in place. Place sand-colored Technic pins in the ends of the arms.
Place a Technic endcap on the end of a 3-stud rod, and attach a 3-hole perpendicular connector to the rod. Cap the other end with another endcap. Attach two sand-colored Technic pins to the endcaps. Make two of these units and attach them to the rear axles. Attach the six wheels to the sandy pins.
Attach a 6-by-6 plate to the front of the model, and a 4-by-8-stud plate to the back of the model, to create the top of the body.
Build solar paneling using the navy-blue plates. Place the 4-by-8 plate at the back, so it hangs off by two studs. Attach a 2-by-4-stud plate to the front of the model. Place 1-by-1-stud plates behind either corner of the front plate.
Attach a 2-by-1-stud flat plate between the 1-by-1 plates, and a 1-by-4 between the front and back sections of the solar paneling. Place the navy blue wing pieces on the sides of the model, so they form the wings of the Explorer's solar array.
Stack two 2-by-1 white plates under a 2-by-1-stud white flat plate. Place this front and center on the model.
Attach a black 2-by-1 plate to the bottom of a black vent plate. Make two units. Place them on the center plate of the solar panel, 2 studs from the back and 2 studs apart. Place a 2-by-1 plate with a single stud to the right of, and one stud ahead of the right-hand vent. Place an antenna to the left of and one stud ahead of the left-side. Put a small rocket cone to the left of and one stud behind the left vent.
Place two round single-studs on the bottom of a 1-by-1 brick with a Technic hole. Attach a blue Technic pin to the end of an endcap and attach this to the 1-by-1. Attach a rounded foot piece to a single stud, and place these inside a reflector dish. Attach this to the endcap. Install this dish unit on the white plate attached earlier.
Place a 2-by-2 round plate on the top of a 2-by-2 plate. Attach a Technic spacer to the center of the round plate. Put two gears on the end of a Technic knobbed pin, and a washer behind those. Insert that into the spacer.
Put a white rod cover on top of the knob. Insert a blue Technic pin and attach a perpendicular rod endcap on the end. Place a double-rod connector over this and attach it with a 4-stud rod. Slide two perpendicular Technic connectors on the ends. Attach a hinge piece to the bottom and place this behind the flat plate on the front of the model.
Slide a blue Technic pin into the L-shaped Technic connector. Attach a spacer to the end of a 3-stud rod, and put it through the L. Keep it in place with a gear. Attach the neck joint pieces to the back of this and connect it to the front of the model to form its manipulator arm.
Stack two 1-by-1 black bricks on top of each other, with a single gold stud on top. Place a black vertical rod on top. Place this stud in front of the right-hand vent piece.
Delta Rocket
Stack two 2-by-2 round bricks on top of a 2-by-2 round plate and a small red reflector dish. Push a 3-stud rod through the pieces.
Make a cross shape using two 2-by-4 plates with holes in them. Place this on top of the rocket base.
Stack a small rocket cone on top of a round single-stud brick. Make four units, and attach these to the lower 2-by-4 plate.
Repeat step four to make four more rocket boosters. Place a white single stud on top, and attach these to the higher 2-by-4 plate.
Stack two 2-by-2 round plates on top of the rocket base, so the holes line up with the holes on the plates. Insert a 12-stud rod into this base. Stack two 2-by-2 round plates on top.
Stack three 1-by-1 round bricks on top of each other. Make eight units. Place these over the rocket boosters below.
Make a second cross of 2-by-4 plates and attach them to the tops of the rocket boosters to keep them in place.
Stack two more 2-by-2 round plates and 2-by-2 round bricks on the 12-stud rod.
Stack a small rocket cone on top of a 1-by-1 round brick. Make eight of these units. Attach white single studs to the bottom of four. Attach these to the tops of the rocket boosters, using the four with the additional stud on the lower of the cross plates. The eight boosters should be equally tall.
Stack four green 2-by-2 round bricks onto the rocket's central rod. Insert an 8-stud rod into the top of these, and stack on four more.
Put the green drum, which is as tall as two green round bricks and has two Technic holes, on top of the rocket. Insert two Technic pins with knobs into the drum.
Insert a 6-stud rod into the top of the drum, and stack two white 2-by-2 stud bricks on top of this.
Thread the two large gears onto the rod, then top it off with a white 2-by-2 round plate and a rocket nose cone.