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Build a moon scene and a life-size lander, then win the bullseye landing.
July 1969. The whole world is watching a fuzzy black-and-white screen. Your lander is coming in… now.
- New skill Building a lunar lander model to scale
- Level 7 · Time Travellers
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Creative
- Time 40–50 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Build a grey moon scene with craters and footprints, then a lander with gold-wrapped base, four legs and a ladder. Add a bullseye landing pad and a mission control dome, then take turns dropping from high above to land closest to the centre.
Finish line: Your moon scene has a lander, a bullseye pad and a winner who takes the first moonwalk.
Bonus challenge: Build planet Earth hanging in the moon's sky as a giant blue, green and white disc. Can you get the continents roughly right?
You’ll need
- Grey and white blocks
- Gold blocks
- Ladders
- Coloured blocks for rings
- Glass
You choose
- My mission patch design
- Number of craters
- Who lands first
Stuck?
- Can't stop flying? Double-tap jump to turn flying off, and you'll start to fall.
- Falls are harmless in Creative, so drop without worrying.
- Score fairly: agree the starting height first and check it with your Y coordinate.
For grown-ups
Get this mission
This mission is in Mission Pack 68. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
Print one mission at a time. You never need to print everything.
Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.