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A while back I posted about the Soyuz simulator software. Here's a video of it in action: (nice views at 2:55) Here's a screencap from yesterday's docking, showing what seems to be the docking screen: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FA_r59PVUAI0KmX?format=jpg&name=large

The most striking aspect of Luna 3 is the solar panels. Quite advanced for its time. The HF-FAX ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiofax ) like image broadcast system was also clever.

Short OT comment - Many of Moonbase Alpha vessels work in 2016 with some tweaking to scenarios. The Eagle is fun to fly with real terrain. But not too much to do without astronauts or cargo to move around.

You should check Soyuz / Historical Spaceports by Igel: https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=0bb66462-d9cc-4f68-95f3-482bc319a5c7

About orbits and Multistage: I've had similar problems with Multistage. Hard to track down the source of the problem (not shuttle specific). Adding 10% more fuel ( or 10% less mass) usually solves any issues... But a suborbital trajectory seem correct. The shuttle had diferent launch profiles...

An unofficial update: "Families are in regular contact and all is well."

Agreed, and to be expected. But some sort of update would be good. Even if it was a soviet style "all parameters normal".

The lack of any sort of update after the launch is a frightening. Are they ok ? Not even a tweet or a photo out of the window...

Perhaps you should build an accurate 3D model from scratch? The shapes are simple and mostly a repetition. And you have (at least) one proper diagram as reference: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariner_5_diagram.png

Some years ago I came across the Soyuz simulator software that run on MS-DOS. I think it's this one: https://archive.org/details/demo211 I wonder if this could be made to run inside Orbiter and control a virtual Soyuz (much like the Apollo computer with NASSP) Of course it's not from 7K-T but...

TetherMFD might be an option for this: https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=99369836-e909-4516-874a-3760c957981c

The Apollo guys were able to orient the capsule using a sextant. Satellites and probes use star trackers. Of course, this forces you to make night observations after landing.

Really love the Apollo 4 videos, great stuff!

Windows should be able to do it, no need for a specific program. Try to press Win+G and see if it brings up the Game Bar. https://www.polygon.com/2015/7/31/9081715/windows-10-game-bar-how-to-record-screen-video

Because the links are http only, the images won't display on the post. Opening the links directly should work: http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n6758838/c6812123/part/6787198.jpg http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n6758838/c6812123/part/6787197.jpg I think the first image (cam-bot) looks strange...

Looks great to me! (y)

You can get that effect using the D3D9 debug settings. Select that mesh group and use the Metalness shader. Try values for Smoothness and Metalness around 0.97. The CM "cone" is basically smooth metal, almost a mirror. So you want values close to 1.0

Great, thanks! No rush, I'm aware that these things are complex and take time (y)

Aren't fuel tanks handled by Orbiter's API ? You don't need to add any custom code, unless you want implement fuel mix or something like that.

Same here. Zoomming in/out fixes the problem for me. :unsure: