Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[Pipcard]

Approaching Venus with the stock DG, in my first interplanetary flight using TransX.

Now, I know how to get into orbit, intercept and dock with the ISS, go to the moon or even to another planet. The only thing I don't know is how to land (especially on a base). (and I wouldn't even dare attempt to land on Venus or any of the gas giants)

Using the "Quickstart" scenario, I was able to plan a launch using this tutorial:

I picked Venus since it was the closest planet to Earth. I launched at August 08, 2010 and arrived at November 19, 2010.

 

[Scruce]

Approaching Venus with the stock DG, in my first interplanetary flight using TransX.

Lucky, wish I could go to other planets. Sadly I find the only MFD I can use is Transfer MFD. I find TransX unfriendly and too complex for my 'tiny' brain. :lol:

 

[Tacolev]

Have you tried IMFD? It might just "click" better with you than TransX and it certainly isn't too hard to finagle a high-power highly-inefficient transfer for one of the stock vessels with their fantasy engines.

 

[Pipcard]

Have you tried IMFD? It might just "click" better with you than TransX and it certainly isn't too hard to finagle a high-power highly-inefficient transfer for one of the stock vessels with their fantasy engines.

But I like TransX's "stage" system. Also, how do you plan the mission? That's right, with TransX.

 

[Chub777]

I haven't posted station building pictures in a while, so here's some of STS-151:

Launch! (Sorry about the dark pictures)

View from SRB:

Booster separation:

Press to MECO:

ET separation:

Payload (I like this shot ):

Nearing the station:

View of the station:

View from the cockpit:

Moving into position:

The station:

About to dock:

Hard dock:

 

[IronRain]

To stay on the same topic as Chub777, here are some photo's of the Skylab-3 mission

Afters some frustrating moments with the RMS, I finally docked the airlock module to Endeavour

Approaching station

Hard-dock! (no pictures of the rendezvous, I'm sorry)

1 day and eva later, grappling of the node module

Undocked, docked the node to Endeavour and redocking with station

Another day and another eva later, checking and activating the CMG's

CMG's activated! (2 of the solar panels are retracted in this pic but were extended again soon after CMG activation)

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Are there any meshes available for Skylab as it should have been (meaning radiators port and starboard, and no orange-looking blanket-thingy repair. Sorry if the post sounds strange, I'm a 3rd shift worker who hasn't been to bed yet.
Getting ready to fix that...

 

[garyw]

Neptune-1 upper stage fit tests prior to interstage install inside the VAB on Ascension Island

 

[ProAuroraX]

Station I am now trying to build. first mission went horribly. it ended up crashing into the pacific ocean.... anyways, heres a screenshot of the near completed station.

 

[jangofett287]

"If at first you don't succeed... You may wish to think about your choices in life thus far."

 

[Spacethingy]

OOoooooo! Shiny new debug string!

:hail:

 

[garyw]

The work of a VSA is never done. Picking up a US DoD satellite payload from KSC for delivery to Ascension where it'll be tested and integrated into the Neptune-1 rocket.

 

[Chub777]

RMS-URMS handover:

Docked:

Deployment as seen from the Dragon craft:

Fully deployed:

Moving the P5 truss:

Handover:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Anybody need some lift?

I put a UMMU on the ground for some "perspective". She's a pretty big rocket. Or at least compared to my previous Athena...
I tried (and failed) to get this to link to my flikr account, but it no worky...

 

[Scruce]

Anybody need some lift?

Image not showing up.

 

[T.Neo]

Neptune-1 upper stage fit tests prior to interstage install inside the VAB on Ascension Island

Fit tests without the interstage? Wouldn't the upper stage fit to the interstage? :blink:

 

[Columbia42]

Some cool XR2 shots during an ascent to orbit:

 

[Ark]

Worked a bit more on my Moonlab today, finishing with an Antares-LR flight.

In my personal made-up Orbiter universe, the Saturn never stopped flying and it's variants are now used for launching Antares and ESA CTV missions to lunar orbit. They launch from Kourou to facilitate more accurate launches into the Moon's orbital plane.

Fairing jettison, with Kourou still visible in the background.

TLI burn.

A nice shot picked up during some alignment work in lunar orbit.

Approaching Moonlab now. The Russian segment is new, delivered by two Velcro Energia launchers topped with Zenit 2nd stages for the TLI burn and Block-D N1 upper stages for LOI and alignment burns. The S-IVb is docked to the end of the main station structure and functions both as a propellent depot and station-keeping engine. The Antares LR doesn't have enough fuel to make it back to Earth after aligning and syncing with Moonlab, so it picks up a little bit of propellent before the TEI burn. The CTV and Gorizont are both capable of making the TEI burn on their own.

Another happy docking.

 

[Donamy]

That should be the next step IMHO.

 

[Ark]

That should be the next step IMHO.

What should?