AmateurAstronaut1969

Jesus That's awesome! ...if you say need some release pictures, you know where to find me

X-38 is one of my favorite spacecraft, I'm extremely happy to see a mod for it finally. I've got very high hopes here!

Thanks

Yep

Some recent edits I've made

I am excited for the beautiful new planets!

Dropping massive W's as always!

Brilliant thanks

Do the proc parts have actual aerodynamics, or are they treated as just a big rectangle? A spaceplane project I've been working on has a large nose made out of a proc liquid tank configured to a cone shape. The spaceplane has terrible aerodynamics, and I've been gradually working through all possible causes of it. Does KSP's aerodynamics actually treat the liquid tank as a cone shape, or is it treated as a large block?

For the shiny, BDB has its own configs, you just need to install TU Pegasus is Proc parts

Thanks, I enjoy bringing the missions outlined in ETS to life. Like being a descriptive, reading based story, I find it cool to see a representation of what they would have looked and functioned like

Artemis III - 14th-15th June 1998The greatest test flight The relay race The first crewed flight of the Artemis program would be Artemis III, consisting of a dual launch profile. On June 14th, a Saturn H03 would carry a Pegasus and the Artemis crew lander into LEO to wait for the crew. A day later, the crew would launch abord a Saturn M02 in their Block V spacecraft, and would rendezvous with the Artemis III stack. After this, the mission will follow a similar profile to Artemis II, with the crew boosting into an elliptical earth orbit using the Pegasus. Aboard this mission are some of NASA's best pilots: - Commander Jack Bailey, first commander of Freedom - Pilot Chris Valente, an equally experienced Pilot - Kate Vaughn - James Green To preform a thorough testing of the lander, the flight plan calls for Bailey and Vaughn to Pilot it away from the Apollo, and over the next couple of days to change the inclination in short burns by a maximum of 7 degrees, aptly named 'the relay race'. As Artemis III is a similar mission to Apollo 9 & 10, the crew have kept up the tradition of naming the vehicles comedically. Inspired by the relay race in the mission profile, the crew decide to name their lander 'Roadrunner' and call their Block V 'Wile E. Coyote' Artemis 3A - June 14th Artemis 3A preparing to launch from LC-39A Artemis 3B spectates from LC-39B Liftoff Passing through Max-Q Coming up on booster staging Fairing jettison Core separation Pegasus orbital insertion burn Orbit achieved Artemis 3B - June 15th F-1 ignition Liftoff Pressurisation nominal, Artemis 3B is go at T+ 1 minute Go for staging Guidance is on target, proceed to orbit Block V separation Wile E. Coyote prepares to rendezvous with Roadrunner and Pegasus 03 Go for docking After a few hours of systems checks, the crew prepares to repeat the LPAS dockings that were demonstrated in Artemis II Redocking The crew go for another, longer docking After the LPAS system is fully tested, the crew prepare to relight the Pegasus's engines and boost themselves into a high earth orbit, mimicking a lunar return trajectory. Pegasus separation After a day, Jack Bailey and Kate Vaughn board Roadrunner Under the supervision of Wile E. Coyote, Jack Bailey does a spacewalk from the Airlock to check if it's functioning Roadrunner uses its RCS to depart, before firing up it's engines 30m later and beginning the relay race After a day of altering it's inclination back and forth, Roadrunner's descent stage is close to empty The Ascent stage separates from it's cradle, preparing to light it's Russian S5.92 Hypergolic pressure-fed engines. The Engineers had to look outside of the US in order to get the performance required for the ascent stage, looking to Russia where they had squeezed the absolute maximum out of Hypergols and pressure-fed engines, resulting in an extra 10s or 20s or ISP more than American designs. Ignition After another day, Roadrunner rendezvouses with Wile E. Coyote Docking The crew does a burn to put them on a trajectory that will land them off the coast of Hawaii, simulating a Lunar return burn Roadrunner is jettisoned, which has been acting as the mission module for the crew A couple of hours later, the crew prepare for SM separation Wile E. Coyote reorients itself, preforming the skip reentry first done on Artemis I First pass Second pass Drogues out Mains deployed Artemis III splashdown

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Artemis II - 5th February 1998The Artemis program test flight All up testing Issued in 1993, the contract for the Artemis landers went out to Boeing, having recently acquired the Grumman corporation who designed the LM. The design, as similar to the LM it was, was different in many ways. The descent stage for example had to preform the crewed landings, and cargo landings, meaning it needed it's own flight control computers, attitude control system, gyroscopes etc. This was all relatively straightforward however, the difficult part was the surface habitat. The problem was that the 9t of mass allocated for the surface habitat could only get the crew roughly 70 cubic meters of space, a space that would be cramped, need extensive use of multi-use space, and wouldn't allow for anything aside basic occupation. Figure 1 below shows the Design reference habitat: However, with recent leaps forward in Kevlar and other such woven composites, a team of engineers proposed reducing the fixed hab space to 60 cubic meters, and rotating it to a squat, vertical cylinder. With that extra mass, they proposed they could create a ''loft'', a deployable inflatable habitat, to be used for crew quarters and wardroom space, with a whole extra 60 cubic meters of space. Figure 2 below shows this upgraded habitat. This immediately caught traction with the main Artemis surface team, as it could solve the problems of the Hab. A small subscale demonstrator was created and tested in vacuum chambers in 1997, which proved the design worked in space. With the main design then chosen, the team got to work designing a full flight article for Artemis II, known as the Artemis program test flight. Late Jan 1998, Artemis II rolls out to launch complex 39 On the pad, Artemis II prepares for liftoff, Feb 5th 1998 Tank pressure nominal Launch commit Liftoff The centre core throttles down to reduce the G load during Max-Q and to conserve fuel for once the boosters separate Good visual indication of S-IG separation Fairing release, exposing the Cargo lander stack Stage separation and S-IVC ignition Separation from the S-IVC, just shy of orbit, leaving Pegasus to complete orbital insertion This mission carries a docking adapter between the Lander and the Pegasus, something which isn't planned for use on Artemis cargo lander flights. This is in order to test the LPAS (Large Payload Attachment System) which will join the Pegasus and the crew stack on later missions. In order to test it, the lander and Pegasus will undock, move away different differences and redock with a variety of speeds, lighting conditions and angles, in order to prove the LPAS in space. Undocking After a day of repeating this, the lander goes for one final test... Successful redocking After verifying the LPAS, Artemis II is cleared for TLI, sending it on a trajectory similar to a Lunar insertion, however it will not be going to the moon. RL-10 performance nominal The Pegasus is ow dumped through pyrotechnic separators as it would be during a normal mission The engineers wait anxiously as the loft begins to inflate So far, no leakages have been detected To test a full descent stage burn, the Lander changes it's orbital inclination up and down by 7 degrees, using it's different engine modes - 3 for LOI and descent, 1 for final descent and 2 for if the centre engine fails. At earth Apogee, the Lander preforms a final burn to send it into the atmosphere, just as the Pegasus did after separation Arriving at earth after a week of testing alone in orbit, the Engineers have verified the lander and are happy for it to be disposed of. Particular care was taken to monitoring the loft, and the Artemis surface team are happy with it, letting in little radiation, and holding itself against the vacuum of space incredible well. Preparing to enter Earth's atmosphere

Sorry for taking so long between posts, I've had Artemis II done for over a week, I just couldn't be bothered to type it up. It should be up later hopefully

Yes, sorry it’s the earth moon L2. My mistake

1. Pegasus doesn’t wait long, only a day or so. It’s not too much boiloff. 2. You’ll see in a few posts time the full stack. As we stand, Artemis II will maybe be up tomorrow, Artemis III soon after, and then Artemis IV will be the first landing. 3. Yes, the crews sit “eyes out” like in Apollo Venus or Constellation. It actually isn’t bad for the crew, the G force isn’t too much

No, it’s nothing like irl Artemis actually. If you want to read it in detail, check the ETS page here, but since that’s spread over many posts and chapters, I’ll summarise it here. Launch 1 - Cargo lander + Pegasus, 6 months before main mission Launch 2 - Pegasus Launch 3 - Apollo & Lander, rendezvous with Pegasus and go to the moon Apollo doesn’t wait in NRHO, like irl with Orion, but at L2, where JWST is currently.

Pegasus first flight - 10th October 1997Giving wings to the Artemis program Pegasus ECUS The ECUS (Exploration Cryogenic Upper Stage) is an essential part of the Artemis program, being the stage which sends all the mission components from LEO to the moon. During it's development, bidding took place between McDonell Douglass, planning for a 6.6m diameter stage, similar to the S-IVB, and Northrop, who recently acquired General Dynamics and was planning on upscaling their Centaur. McDonell's bid was more expensive, as it required advanced tooling and extra dry mass to produce their inverted bulkhead. Despite it yielding a higher preforming stage, NASA eventually chose Northrop's bid, a 5.5m stage, which was named Pegusas as it gave wings to the Artemis program. Now, almost half a decade later, Pegasus is preparing to fly, launching partially fuelled on a Saturn M02 and inserting itself into a Heliocentric orbit. Launch commit and liftoff! Pegasus pressurisation nominal We have J-2 chilldown, 43 seconds to sep We have good indication of Stage Separation Pegasus is exposed to the vacuum of space Nominal orbit achieved, commencing Pegasus separation After testing systems in LEO, the RL10's ignite to send Pegasus into a Heliocentric orbit Cuttoff With it's tanks fully drained, Pegasus cruises into deep space

Great thanks man. I'm an academic person really, so it wasn't too big of a fuss. The real impact was mentally tho, I really didn't expect how stressful and stuff it'd be. I'm good now tho

Robotic arm is HabTech sorry I’m not publishing a mod list, it’s too much effort because I have probably over 100 for version, I use 1.11.2, it’s the most stable for me

Wow, been looking forward to this for a long time. Great job man. Screenshots coming soon!

Hey everyone, just thought I’d give you an update. As it stands, I have like a week and a half left of exams, then I’m free. Once that’s over, I’ll be waiting for Rogerwang86’s new Altair to come out, as he’s making an ETS version. After, that, missions should start again