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  1. At some point, yes Took a screenshot of the livestream overlay and posted it onto a screenshot.
  2. A custom build courtesy of @AmateurAstronaut1969!
  3. IFT-2 Announcement After the extraordinary launch of IFT-2 that we saw on Saturday, my recreation has proved to be... a little bit far from reality lmao. Amateur and I have made a creative decision to not alter any existing posts to reflect the missions as they happen after the fact. This means that in this universe, IFT-2 was fully successful. If we were to alter every mission to match reality as it happened, there would be no point in doing the mission in the first place. Therefore, this thread can be seen as the real-life Artemis program sprinkled with some best-case scenario alterations. We both hope you are enjoying the thread as much as we are making it and that you will stick with us on this journey. Magnificent machine with a 1000ft plume...
  4. SpaceX | Starship IFT-2 | 17th November 2023 Starship’s first flight test provided numerous insights that directly contributed to several upgrades to both the vehicle and ground infrastructure to improve the probability of success on the next test flight. The second flight test will debut a hot-stage separation system and a new electronic Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system for Super Heavy Raptor engines, in addition to reinforcements to the pad foundation and a water-cooled steel flame deflector. Fully fueled, Starship weighs approximately 5000 t (11,000,000 lbs) and produces 16.7 million pounds of thrust, more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V rocket. On ignition, 3 raptors were shut down, 2 due to the flight computer deeming the startup process 'unhealthy' and another due to a component failure which caused a fire inside the inner engine bay. This was not known until after booster recovery. "We have throttled down and throttled back up, Starship has passed the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure." The fire in the inner engine bay led to an overpressure event, no raptors were lost and the booster continued to fly as intended. The superheavy booster cuts off all but the three centre engines. This reduces the thrust enough for the Starship upper stage to separate from the booster. Unlike IFT-1 starship separates using a hot-staging system, with the 3 vacuum raptors igniting while still attached to the booster, increasing performance. The inner sea level raptors ignite seconds later. Superheavy performs its boostback burn. "The superheavy booster is about to begin its landing burn, touching down softly in the Gulf of Mexico." "Booster landing confirmed." Booster 9 will be tugged back to the port of Brownsville for recovery and inspection. Meanwhile, Starship continues on its journey to space... Starship shuts down just short of orbital velocity, allowing it to reenter over the Pacific Ocean without the need for raptor reignition. Starship reenters Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15,500 MPH, over 15 times the speed of a bullet. By using its actuated flaps, Starship free-falls like a skydiver. This manoeuvre has already been demonstrated previously in the high-altitude flight tests. Splashing down off the coast of Hawaii around 90 minutes after launch, Starship's second integrated flight test comes to a close. For the first time in history, full reusability has been proven, opening endless possibilities for the future of spaceflight. Excitement is guaranteed... NEXT LAUNCH: Vulcan CERT-1
  5. SpaceX|Starship IFT-1|20th April 2023 After a series of high-altitude flight tests culminating in the successful landing of SN15, SpaceX set its eyes on the first orbital test flight. While originally planning on using Booster 4 and Ship 20, the design was deemed too obsolete to fly and swapped over to the newer Booster 7 and Ship 24. Standing 121m tall and 9m wide, Starship is the tallest and most powerful launch vehicle ever developed. Starship is planned to be fully reusable, with both its Superheavy booster and Starship upper stage being caught by a pair of mechanical arms attached to the tower, dubbed Mechazilla by Elon. Starship is currently being developed in Starbase, Texas and will later fly from LC-39A and potentially LC-49 at Kennedy Space Center. NASA has selected Starship HLS as a lander for the Artemis 3 and Artemis 4 missions. "Starship second stage main fuel and LOx tanks are loaded for flight right now. The Superheavy first stage booster propellant loading is continuing." "5 4 Booster ignition... 2 1 We have liftoff!" "T+33 seconds into the test flight of the inaugural Starship vehicle" "We are flying at twice the thrust of the Saturn V heading to space" "I'M GONNA BE ON THAT THING" - Screams Tim Dodd, Everyday Astronaut and future dearMoon crew member. Multiple raptor engines failed during flight. The vehicle rose to a maximum altitude of 39km before losing control and entering a spin. The Autonomous Flight Termination System (AFTS) destroyed the vehicle around 40 seconds after being triggered. "As we promised, an exciting end to the inaugural Starship integrated test flight!" With the launch of Starship, SpaceX have begun the journey towards the era of fully reusable spaceflight... NEXT LAUNCH: Starship IFT-2
  6. It's a custom build, none of the parts are dodo apart from the lunar photon.
  7. NASA-Rocket Lab | CAPSTONE | 28 June 2022 NASA's "CAPSTONE" mission, which stands for "Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment," was designed to test and validate key technologies and operational concepts needed for NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon and eventually establish a sustainable human presence there. The primary goals of the mission are as follows: Lunar Gateway Navigation: CAPSTONE was tasked with proving the ability to navigate in a unique orbit around the Moon known as a near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO). This orbit is intended for NASA's Lunar Gateway, a space station that will serve as a staging point for lunar missions. Autonomous Navigation: The mission sought to demonstrate autonomous navigation capabilities, allowing the spacecraft to make its own decisions regarding orbital maneuvers and position adjustments, reducing the need for constant ground control. Spacecraft Communications: CAPSTONE aimed to test the spacecraft's communication systems in the lunar environment, including its ability to communicate with the Lunar Gateway and Earth. Liftoff from LC-1 at Rocket Lab's Mahia launch complex. The Electron rocket included the NASA worm to signal the collaborative mission between the two partners. MECO and second-stage ignition. Fairing Separation. Providing the final kick towards the moon is Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon kick stage. Lunar Photon Separation. Due to its ballistic transfer, CAPSTONE took three months to reach lunar insertion. CAPSTONE spent the next six months collecting data, flying within 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of the Moon’s North Pole on its near pass and 43,500 miles (70,000 km) from the South Pole at its farthest. NEXT LAUNCH: ARTEMIS I
  8. Shuttle Profiles Pack Enterprise Columbia Challenger Discovery Atlantis Endeavour Spacedock Licensed by Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  9. Most likely not. I have no intention to carry this on in the near future as it just doesn't interest me anymore.
  10. Release V.03 Tweaks to Lemon to make it more Mars-friendly
  11. I'm gonna be posting some images I've made with these profiles so make sure to check in every now and then
  12. I'm excited to push this game to its graphical limits!
  13. Custom Mission Patch by me! STS-114-B - January 8th, 2005 As 2005 begins, NASA is preparing for a busy year. Numerous modifications have been made in an effort to place the construction of the International Space Station back on schedule, and increase overall flight cadence of the Space Shuttle. These modifications include: In November 2003, President George W. Bush announced that the Space Shuttle Program would be extended, with retirement no earlier than 2015. A year-long Orbiter Major Modification Period of Space Shuttle Columbia; reducing the weight of the orbiter significantly, adding an external airlock and additional safety modifications. This would allow her for the first time to visit the International Space Station and aid in it's construction. An increase of NASA's budget to 0.91% of the federal budget, opposed to the 0.66% of the previous year. Increase flight cadence to 12 launches per year, around two times the current cadence. STS-114-B would be the the return to flight of Columbia after her modifications the previous year. The payload of this mission consists of a SpaceHab module, an experiment rack and two brand new Manned Manoeuvring Units (MMUs) The MMUs were retired in 1984 due to safety concerns after the Challenger disaster but due to the increase in budget, the Johnson Space Center was given the task of redesigning the MMU's to be safer and more reliable for use on the ISS around Late 2005/Early 2006. Upgrades included remote control capability in the event that the astronaut was unconscious, backup thrusters in the event of main thruster malfunction and an attachable berthing structure for transporting payloads. Testing these new MMUs would be the main objective of STS-114-B. The crew consisted of Commander Chris Hadfield, Pilot Eileen Collins, and mission specialists Mike Massimino, Catherine Coleman, Clayton Anderson, Scott Altman and Leland D. Melvin. The mission launched at 1:15pm from Kennedy Space Center. Launch: Columbia reaches an orbit of 287km (178m) by 295km (183m). After 14 hours in orbit, Catherine Coleman and Clayton Anderson perform an EVA, transitioning to their MMUs located in the aft of the payload bay. This EVA will mark their first use in over 20 years. Anderson is the first to move away from the Shuttle, taking pictures of the Spacecraft and Earth below him using the IMAX camera mounted to his MMU. The MMU allows Anderson to fly underneath the Shuttle and inspect the heatshield for missing tiles or other damage which may affect the mission. This would be the last task completed before Coleman joins him in their untethered spacewalk. Coleman's MMU differs slightly from Anderson's, featuring an attachable berthing structure to be used for transporting payloads and experiments on the ISS. # Coleman photographed by Anderson. As a nod to Bruce McCandless' famous photo from STS-41-B, both astronauts posed for their stellar picture. A small satellite is released which will gather data on X-Rays in high inclination orbits before being captured by an MMU on a later mission to be returned to Earth. A final image is taken before the crew return to the Shuttle, where they will remain on orbit for the next 2 days, performing experiments in spacehab and on the experiment rack. Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center on January 11th at 7:38pm after 3 days in orbit. The orbiter will fly another mission in late May to further test the MMUs before its first visit to the ISS in August.
  14. Release V.02 Reduced Chromatic Abberation on Transmission Increased exposure on Lemon
  15. Jacktical's TUFX Profiles These are my first set of custom TUFX configs which I hope you will enjoy using! Included in this pack is 3 TUFX Profiles: Atlantis - A vibrant config optimised for Earth Orbit. (Name credit goes to @Sanchez_1) Lemon - A warmer config for all-environment use, inspired by @lemon cup Transmission - A config created to replicate realistic lunar photography seen on the Apollo missions. TUFX Profiles Feel free to post images in this thread using these configs, I can’t wait to see what you create with them! Some more images:
  16. This is gonna be so useful An option for changing what side the wheels are on would be nice for the ariane 5 pad as we could make accurate replicas
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