Free astronaut SVG files

A suit made of thick round parts

A space suit is padded, and that suits cutting. Arms here are about 10 mm wide and legs about 12 mm when the figure is 100 mm tall, with wider cuffs, round gloves and heavy boots, so there is nothing thin to tear. The only inside cuts are the visor, the chest panel and, on the detailed suit, a belt and three buttons. The full-size figures work in vinyl from 40 mm tall and in felt, card or 3 mm plywood from about 70 mm.

In the scenes with a moon, a planet, a flag or a rocket the astronaut is a little over half that size, so cut those at 100 mm or more to keep the visor clean.

Plain on purpose

These astronauts carry no agency badge, no national flag and no mission patch, and the flag in the flag design has a single star and belongs to nobody. That keeps the files free to use anywhere, and leaves the chest panel and the flag clear for a name, a number or a child's own emblem. Add those in your cutting software before you cut, or draw them on afterwards.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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