Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[TMac3000]

What the...


Ok, time to blend some orange soil...

What planet/moon is that?

 

[Mattyv]

That would be Shorty Crater at Taurus Littrow on the moon. (AMSO I believe)

 

[TMac3000]

Okay, so is that background just a module seen from really close up, or is it a terraformed Luna?

 

[Mattyv]

I think it's a mountain in the background

 

[Tycho]

An exploration of a startling once-possibility. Neil Armstrong, God rest his soul, was the first man to walk on the Moon (and rightfully so). But what if things had gone horribly wrong?

EXTRA: Soviets Land On Moon, Beat America; Leonov First Man On Moon
(AP) - Sept. 15, 1968 - L3-10L, the Soviet lunar mission that launched last week, landed on the surface of the Moon early this morning. A few hours later, at about seven o'clock Eastern time, mission commander Alexey Leonov stepped out of his lunar lander to become the first human to walk on the Moon (see photo above fold), while his crewmate, Oleg Makarov, orbited above. Americans, including President Johnson and presidential candidates Humphrey and Nixon, have vowed to fulfill the late President John Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the Moon within the decade. A plethora of government officials have already called in to question the funding of the Apollo program now that the Soviets have accomplished a manned lunar landing. The program is sure to become a hot-button issue in on the campaign trail as NASA officials deliberate on how to go forward, beginning with the scheduled attempt to orbit the Moon this December.

ADDENDUM:
Thankfully, the Soviet Union didn't get an ego boost by beating the U.S. to the Moon (in fact its lunar program was flailing at the time). Just a little musing in alternate history. Be thankful that the west won the race to the Moon. Hopefully I don't sound presumptuous in saying that the U.S. deserved it after Kennedy's assassination and Apollo 1. It was a beautifully unifying way to wrap up a tumultuous (that's an understatement) decade.

In the meantime, happy forty years of Apollo 17 and forty-four years of Apollo 8. And Happy New Year to you and yours.

 

[K_Jameson]

The "Imperial Courier" spaceship, directly from the classic game [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_Elite_II"]Frontier:_Elite_II[/ame].



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A Jarvis on the launchpad, with experimental foam texture on the first stage.

 

[Pipcard]

Hatsune (はつね) (High Altitude Test Satellite Using Numerous Experiments)
Mass: 42 kg
Length: 1.58 m

I decided to take cues from Sputnik, Explorer 1, and Ōsumi/Ohsumi (Japan's first satellite).

Old version here.

 

[Aeadar]

I usually fly out of CSSC or Wideawake, but I find myself going to KSC often enough to justify getting an apartment down in Pictown.

The view out the window;

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

I usually fly out of CSSC or Wideawake, but I find myself going to KSC often enough to justify getting an apartment down in Pictown.

The view out the window;

If you want, specify the building & window thats at & Ill create you a UMMU compatible "building module" so you can store them there for real. :thumbup:

 

[ky]

If you want, specify the building & window thats at & Ill create you a UMMU compatible "building module" so you can store them there for real. :thumbup:

Will it have a working elevator?

 

[Aeadar]

If you want, specify the building & window thats at & Ill create you a UMMU compatible "building module" so you can store them there for real. :thumbup:

Thanks! That would be cool.

Upon closer inspection, my apt. seems to be in an abandoned building:lol: (more than a few of those), so I found some new digs closer to SpaceTechs new UCGO packaging facility;




ky brings up a good point; it would have to encompass the entire building I would imagine, so that you could 'egress' without falling.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Will it have a working elevator?

:lol: Well if it did, the UMMU would just step out and plummet to his death upon reaching his floor. But if you give me the location of the building Ill create a sort of UMMU compatible vessel with a door at the side of the building and the camera at your "window". Might be nice to be able to store UMMUs at a "virtual apartment" when not flying a mission. After all, theyve gotta relax sometime too :tiphat:

 

[Aeadar]

Downtown Pictown;

 

[Keatah]

Here's a peek at my station building project...

Featuring Steven's Wet Workshop, and (unseen) is poscik's CMG.

Awesome angle on the shuttle!

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I'm continually amazed at the overall quality and ingenuity exhibited with these screenshots. Well done all!

 

[Scav]

This one struck me oddly -- maybe I wasn't doing it right . . . or maybe I was:

STS-121 rendezvous with the International Space Station, Thursday, 6 July 2006.

 

[DaveS]

This one struck me oddly -- maybe I wasn't doing it right . . . or maybe I was:

STS-121 rendezvous with the International Space Station, Thursday, 6 July 2006.

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The only two problems I see is that the RPM should be done in full on orbital day and the orbiter should be perfectly aligned with ISS which should have PMA-2 pointing entirely prograde and be level with the horizon.

 

[Cras]

XR-2 about 5,000 km up.

Orbital sunrise.

 

[Scav]

The only two problems I see is that the RPM should be done in full on orbital day and the orbiter should be perfectly aligned with ISS which should have PMA-2 pointing entirely prograde and be level with the horizon.

I took that shot when Discovery was engaged in its final rendezvous burn; it was just a matter of eliminating relative velocities between the two. As it was, it was my first ISS rendezvous in many months, and my first attempt done in the Shuttle; I probably barked up more fuel than necessary getting the job done.

 

[Cras]

I took that shot when Discovery was engaged in its final rendezvous burn; it was just a matter of eliminating relative velocities between the two. As it was, it was my first ISS rendezvous in many months, and my first attempt done in the Shuttle; I probably barked up more fuel than necessary getting the job done.

Hey, not bad for a first attempt. :thumbup:

 

[Proximus]

XR-2 about 5,000 km up.

Orbital sunrise.

Hey Cras, really nice pic. :tiphat:

Is the sun texture an addon or did you use photo editing software?