Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[sorindafabico]

Yes, Triton - interesting destination (a retrograde moon). So distant, it's a pity.

 

[Pipcard]

Sputnik 3 over the USSR (May 15, 1958).

 

[cipher169]

Having fun with the DG-IV

Where did you get that galaxy-like backround

 

[Oceanic]

Where did you get that galaxy-like backround

here you go

 

[n122vu]

here you go

*hands up if you clicked the Exit button in the image to try and close it.

:hello:

 

[Loru]

Peeking at the universe:

Why this plasma is leaking?

 

[mojoey]

Peeking at the universe:

Why this plasma is leaking?

It was deployed on the tail-end of the flight...

 

[Donamy]

progress on Shenzhou 9

 

[Arrowstar]

Huh, interesting. Looks like a slightly-less-spherical Soyuz.

 

[Pipcard]

Huh, interesting. Looks like a slightly-less-spherical Soyuz.

You're saying that as if Shenzhou was a brand-new spacecraft. It's actually from 1999 (first manned mission in 2003).

 

[NukeET]

 

[Interceptor]

Hey NukeET,are you going to release an updated Niven lunar base with the Big Arrow landing pad?
That looks great.Thanks

 

[Donamy]

And the successful docking.

 

[Donamy]

Sputnik 3 over the USSR (May 15, 1958).

I was 3 months old.:lol:

 

[Donamy]

Something you won't see, any day.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Maybe instead one of these?

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Atlas V CCB + Block-D from the N-1 days = ......

The original plans of Orbital Access Consortium for re-starting production of one of the world's most reliable launchers, the Delta II, is now in doubt due to increasing costs of re-starting production of some of the key components and restoring launch facilities for such a long period. To fill in the gap, we are now discussing with Lockheed Martin, ULA and Russia's RKK Energia to introduce a new variant of the Atlas V - the Atlas V-DM. By replacing the rather expensive Centaur upper stage with the most used re-startable cryogenic upper stage ever flown - the kerosene-fueled Block-DM (325 flights flown since 1967), a cheaper rocket that can compete in the Delta II/Falcon 9 class commercial market is born. With the capability of lifting 7-14.5 tonnes to the ISS orbit and 1.5-4.7 tonnes to GTO, it would probably beat even the Soyuz when it comes the costs, due to the re-use of stages and facilities from other rockets (the Block-DM, for example, is shared with the Zenit and Proton rockets). While negotiations are still on-going, we are already making progress in getting several customers on board for such a proposal.

P.S. Yeah, the Russians are actually interested in such a proposal! (but see the links for the actual market....)

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28145.0

http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/forum13/topic11360/

 

[Donamy]

Work so far on the shenzhou-9 VC.

 

[Keatah]

My Inagural launch from the new-improved Wideawake.

...and a wip of "Spider" the C++ project that's been driving me mad for the last month.

Call me crazy, but the Star Wars Disco Anthem goes along well with this screenshot.

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Furthermore, with all these screenshots it's like a pictorial history of one huge space program. We've got R&D, colonization, historical, near-future tech, stations, satellites, exploration, challenges, fun-times & competition, experiments, and more. It's all chronicled right here in this thread, along with the videos thread.

Orbiter *IS* its own space agency right here right now!

 

[Donamy]

More work on the VC.