Digging into the Mars Excursion Module crewed Mars lander for General Electric's 1967 Nuclear-Electric Propulsion Mars mission study. Funny thing - they describe the MEM in some detail, then add a note to the effect that it won't work because Mariner IV found the martian atmosphere to be too thin.

I know I haven't posted much recently but the IVA space for the Boring Crew Services Starliner for #KSP is now almost done! Available for beta testing and officially releasing very soon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSE1...

Robert McCall, 1971.

Making progress on the Starliner IVA for Boring Crew Services #KSP #kerbal

I had the pleasure of designing the dust jacket for @aptshadow.bsky.social's 'Alien Clay', a book I had actually read and adored BEFORE I received the job offer! Keep an eye out when this Subterranean Press edition comes out; more illustrations by an amazing artist within... #scifiart

Not Mariner Jupiter-Saturn, the Grand Tour replacement, which became our Voyagers 1 and 2 - rather, a proposed advanced spacecraft for exploring Mars, Venus, and (potentially) beyond, which became Vikings 1 and 2. From No Shortage of Dreams. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏👩‍🚀🌌 spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-...

I took a deep dive into the history of the Bird-Jones telescope and found out there are three inventors involved, but one of their names is missing. So, I made a documentary out of it: youtu.be/PYgjP2kKcSA #astronomy #telescope #science

Announcing ELBOW - European Launchers, Boosters, and Orbital Widgets: A new mod covering the history of European spaceflight. A collaborative effort from a number of new and experienced KSP modders - coming in 2025! #Kerbal #KerbalSpaceProgram

Short animation, flat shaded with edge effects. Looking into the Apollo 11 capsule.

From last nights session, IC 2118 Witch Head Nebula. This was taken with my Redcat 51. It's made up of a stack of 39 x 300s exposures. I took a total of 60 but there were a LOT of bad frames. Too many things in the sky unfortunately. #astrophotography #ic2118 #witchhead #nebula #photography

Who doesnt like a good ol' Atlas 5! Feat. Starliner! #KSP #ISS

Another one to file under "Is this really a good idea?" Launch an X-15 on a Saturn 1B, for extra zip! (Yes, they considered doing this).

Early U.S. Mars rover planning owed much to the Soviet Union's claims, after it lost the Moon race, that it would explore the Solar System using robotic rovers and sample returners. From my blog No Shortage of Dreams. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏 spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-...

black arrow #art #digitalart #drawing #spaceart #rocket #space

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Some of my fav ksp pics from recently (1/3)

Ojuidekask, looking for somewhere to land, year 10092

The massive An-225 Mriya touching down on Baikonur's Yubileyniy airfield with Buran on its back.

Centaurus A elliptical galaxy (some debate its lenticular) ended 2024-06-18 - 5hrs 4m ASI 2600MC Duo, combined data from 2 scopes Askar 120 APO F7 Vixen VSD90SS F5.5 (2x drizzle) #Astrophotography 🔭

Got a cool hat on my trip to Florida. I’m not sure what time period it’s from, but I don’t think there was a big gap between GD selling Atlas to Martin, and Martin merging with Lockheed.

Here's the current lineup of engines for the ksp long march mod, a couple more options are on the way but I think it's a really good selection so far and is definitely enough to make Long March 2 derived vehicles

Here’s some images of the rest of the vehicle, including an optional solid third stage (one of a few third stage options iirc)

HI I MAKE RENDERS OF SPACE STUFF

Here’s a render I did of a Titan I launch, on the right is an image of the real vehicle poking out of a silo Oldie but goodie

The Apollo Applications Program - which became Skylab - started in late 1964 as Apollo Extension System, up to 51 Earth-orbital & lunar missions using Apollo spacecraft & Saturn rockets. This post describes a January 1965 AES program plan. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏 spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2019/10/apol...

The Boring Crew Services CST-100 Starliner mod for #kerbalSpaceProgram is officially released! Thread (if the KSP forum is working) forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/226293... Download (tho we recommend the CKAN mod manager) spacedock.info/mod/3757/Bor... #KSP

The king of the globs, NGC5139 Omega Centauri. The angular diameter of OmegaCen is slightly larger even than the moon! #astrophotography 🔭 Aksar 120 at f/7 (840mm FL) ZWO ASI2600MC Duo, ZWO Am5 1 hour in April 2024 (3x120s)

One more funky addition. A standalone decoupler for Starliner made by cutting up the service module. Seen here attached to a shortened "Apollo block 4" SM. github.com/zorg2044/Bor... #KSP #kerbal #kerbalSpaceProgram

A discussion of early efforts by the nascent lunar science community to ensure that scientific exploration became part of the Apollo program. From my blog No Shortage of Dreams. 🛰️🔭🧪🚀🪐🌏 spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2019/11/apol...

New beta update for Boring Crew Services Starliner. Getting close to an official release now! github.com/zorg2044/Bor... Featuring the secondary payload adapter and a new lunar capable extended service module. #KSP #kerbal #kerbalSpaceProgram

(2022) Nexus lifts off from Florida with a payload bound for The Moon

Adding some useful parts for the next beta update coming probably tomorrow. A new secondary payload adapter base for BCS in 4.25, 4.375 and 5m sizes. The multi adapter will be split into 2 parts now. The 4 adapters at the bottom will be 1 part and the larger ones will be another one. #KSP #kerbal

i hereby endorse EVERYTHING about today's XKCD, but ESPECIALLY the title text xkcd.com/3012/

Some of my favorite pieces from the last year-ish

I thought I might start to share some of my forays into #astrophotography 🔭 here in addition to KSP modding stuff. North American Nebula 8hrs, 49 mins, ending 2024/08/24 Vixen VSD90SS at f/5.5 (495mm) ZWO 2600mc duo + Antlia ALP-T duoband filter

We KSP posting now ig..

Beta 5 of Boring Crew Services is out now with all the funky Starliner variants! #KSP #kerbal github.com/zorg2044/Bor...

Preview of variants for the Boring Crew Services Starliner. (will be uploaded in a couple of days as I sort some stuff out). #KSP #kerbal

New multi adapter for Starliner up on the BCS github. github.com/zorg2044/Bor...

Seems like theres a bit more life here. Gonna try to post updates here too more. Continuing to work on Boring Crew Services. New beta release has one click built in decal based B9ps variant. Only works with Resurfaced. A custom conformal decal is also available github.com/zorg2044/Bor...

Suite à mon licenciement, je suis pour le moment déçu des perspectives de formation et d'emploi. Pour aller de l'avant et garder le moral, je profite de mon temps libre pour me former en autodidacte dans différents domaines d'illustration. Ici, une illustration de mon atelier.

All the very best to you for the festive season.

Back to doing some #KSP stuff. Continuing with the Atlas revamp with the LR101 verniers. Shroud is still placeholder and needs a little tweaking but getting there.

Guh hope this place is less hellish. Anyway trying to get back to Atlas work for BDB. Last bit of real progress was the RD180 in July. #KSP