[Create A Ridiculous Building]

... is actually 2x4 nanometers.

This speaker system...

[Google Picture War RELOADED]

Even better

[So what song is stuck in your head today?]

Now it's this:

Spoiler

Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
Und das heißt: Erika
Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein
Wird umschwärmt Erika
Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit,
Zarter Duft entströmt dem Blumenkleid
Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit,
Zarter Duft entströmt dem Blumenkleid
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
Und das heißt: Erika
 
In der Heimat wohnt ein kleines Mägdelein
Und das heißt: Erika
Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein
Und mein Glück, Erika
Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht,
Singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied.
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
Und das heißt: Erika
 
In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein
Und das heißt: Erika
Schon beim ersten Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein
Schaut's mich an, Erika
Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut:
Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?
In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein
Und das heißt: Erika

 

[This Day in Spaceflight History]

April 23, cont.

1968: A Soyuz 7K-L1 was launched. All was normal until the capsule was reported to have separated from the inert second stage booster after a false abort signal. It landed safely and was recovered the next morning.

1972: The Apollo 16 crew made their 3rd EVA on the Moon, driving the lunar rover to the North Ray crater. Upon return, they threw all the unneeded supplies out of the LM. They then lifted off the surface the same day, docking with the CSM in orbit.

  

[So what song is stuck in your head today?]

Soviet National Anthem.

[This Day in Spaceflight History]

April 22

1959: It was decided in a meeting at Langley that a tower would be the best configuration for Mercury's abort system.

1968: Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 7L was launched. The spacecraft was supposed to separate from the L1 rocket 589 seconds into the flight. At 260 seconds, the malfunction detection system short-circuited and indicated a false launch failure, causing the SAS abort system to separate the spacecraft from the booster. This was the third abort of this kind with the SAS proving its reliability, even if it was unintentional.

1971: Soyuz 10 and its crew of 3 launched into orbit on a mission to Salyut 1. It was the first manned flight to a space station. Because of the weather, it was nearly scrubbed. It approached to the station automatically, but hand-docking was attempted after the failure of the automated systems. The attempt at a hard-dock was failed after the bad angle of approach caused by having no instrument to calculate the approach angle. Soft docking was successful. The faulty hatch on the spacecraft disabled the crew from entering the station. Undocking was unsuccessful as the faulty hatch was impeding with the docking mechanisms.

1972: The Apollo 16 landing crew made their second EVA on the lunar surface.

1983: Soyuz T-8 and its crew of 3 landed back at Earth.

 

April 23

1956: The Army proposed that a Redstone Jupiter missile could launch a small satellite into orbit by January, 1957.

1957: Vandenberg Airforce Base was established.

1962: Ranger 4 was launched. It was the first US spacecraft to impact the Mun. Failure of a timer in the spacecraft led to the loss of control of the spacecraft after being put in its set trajectory. It was tracked until it passed behind the Moon on April 26 and impacted.

 

1967: Soyuz 1 and its crew of Vladimir Komarov was launched into orbit. It was planned for Soyuz 2 and its 3-manned crew to launch the next day with 2 of the cosmonauts spacewalking to Soyuz 1 after rendezvousing. After orbital insertion, one of the solar panels failed to deploy. The reaction control system also failed to function properly. It was decided to let Komarov return to Earth. Reentry and drogue-chute deployment were both successful. However, the main chute failed to deploy. Komarov attempted to deploy the reserve chute. It tangled up with the drogue chute causing Komarov and the spacecraft to crash. 

More coming tomorrow...

[Things that NASA never said at a press conference.]

What do you mean putting a communications satellite around Jupiter isn't a good idea?

[Create A Ridiculous Building]

...falls apart when exposed to gingerbread.

This German butcher shop...

[ROBLOX!!!!]

1 hour ago, Kombat engineer said:

Please keep that "thing" away from KSP we don't want crazy stuff to happen.(the player-base of roblox is very toxic.)

Agreed.

[very long youtube video]

14 hours ago, rockets-don't-make-toast said:

Its about 136 degrees Kelton if the original unit was Celsius 

What about Fahrenheit? 

[The Stargazing Thread]

28 minutes ago, Waxing_Kibbous said:

I came really close to buying one of these last year when Mars was close by, would it have been worth it for planet hunting?

If you get the right lenses for it, yes. 

[Jet-of-the-Day Collaboration]

16 minutes ago, qzgy said:

Wrong plane! To quote the most reliable source in the world (Wikipedia): " The bomb is designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules, primarily the MC-130E Combat Talon I or MC-130H Combat Talon II variants. "

Edit: I'm not angry...  -  Just making a minor point

Oh yeah, my mistake. But still, why not? 

[What did you do in KSP1 today?]

11 hours ago, Julien Kerman said:

I extended my space station "SkyLab". First, I removed the oldest station core.

Then I added a new docking arm:

I also noticed that I need more energy, so I built new solar panels and added them:

Finally I decided to add a second multi-port.

What mod did you use to make space look like that (like the galaxy and stars and things)

[What funny/interesting thing happened in your life today?]

Long day. Got up at 4:50 for a track meet. We had to get to the school at 6:00 (the bus didn't come until 6:20). Then we took an hour drive to this school further north and got there around 7:15. Of course, when we got there, it started raining (the same thing happened at the same stadium another time) and we got delayed for around 2 hours until 9:30. Then it stopped raining and we proceeded as normal. I did my events, the 400m and 800m. I beat my time for the 400 but I'm not sure about the 800 because the clock broke half-way through the race. Then the whole 9-hour span we were there, I went from looking like this guy:

Spoiler

to this guy:

Spoiler

 

[Jet-of-the-Day Collaboration]

You should drop a MOAB out of it.

[Google Picture War RELOADED]

I prefer these

[So I tried Orbiter. ..]

The only thing that's easy to do is to launch a shuttle into orbit. And that's it.

[very long youtube video]

Can you put this:

"If it's 0 degrees today and it will be twice as cold tomorrow, what will that temperature be?" - The Raging Sandwich, 2017

[This Day in Spaceflight History]

April 20

1972: Charles Duke and John Young of Apollo 16 landed on the Moon.

1983: Soyuz T-8 and its crew of 3 launched into orbit on a mission to the Salyut 7. It failed to dock with the station resulting in the crew landing back at Earth on April 22.

1994: STS-59 and its crew of 5 landed back at Earth.

 

April 21

1972: Apollo 16's Charles Duke and John Young made their first EVA after landing on the Moon the previous day. 

2007: Soyuz TMA-9 and its crew of 3 landed back at Earth.

2013: The Cygnus Mass Simulator was launched. It was the first launch of the Antares rocket. It carried instruments to measure the launch environments of the Cygnus vehicle which would be used for future ISS resupply missions. It also carried 4 cubesats, Dove-1, Alexander, Graham, and Bell.

[Show off your awesome KSP pictures!]

Commercial station around Laythe

[What did you do in KSP1 today?]

I'm conquering the solar system but covering it up with capitalism and commercial missions so here are some space stations I launched:

So far I have these around Kerbin, Mun, Minmus, Duna, Eve, and Laythe. I'm planning on launching more to Tekto and Thatmo around Sarnus and Neidon. I'll place refueling stations around Kerbin, Mun, Minmus, Ike, Dres, Vall, and Eeloo.

I'll put one or more mining bases on those planets/moons as well. (Missions to those stations/bases will actually be launched and not cheated)

[The Stargazing Thread]

My Orion Starquest XT8 is great. It's an 8" diameter Dobsonian telescope.

[This Day in Spaceflight History]

April 19 cont...

2001: STS-100 and its crew of 7 was launched into orbit on a 12-day mission to the ISS. It delivered a Canadian robotic arm called Canadarm 2 to the station and an Italian cargo ship called Rafaello to deliver supplies. It docked to the station on April 21. The robotic arm and Rafaello were both docked to the station on April 23. After delivering its supplies and taking in unneeded supplies, Rafaello was undocked from the station on April 27 and placed back in the shuttle payload bay. After a series of computer problems onboard the station, STS-100 undocked from the station on April 29. The weather was bad in Florida, so the crew landed in California instead on May 1. 

2004: Soyuz TMA-4 launched into orbit on a mission to the ISS. It docked to the station on April 21. 

2006: Albert Crossfield, the first man to reach mach 2 and the first Hispanic test pilot, died in a crash of a private plane near Ellijay, Georgia due to bad weather.

2008: Soyuz TMA-11 and its crew of 3 landed back at Earth.

[Create A Ridiculous Building]

...is a museum for duck history.

This gorilla enclosure...

[Create A Ridiculous Building]

...is actually vertical once you walk inside.

This green toaster...