Rocket pictures (image heavy)

[hugix]

For me, the main reason I like space science is because it utilizes rockets. The most powerful transport vehicle ever build.

Most guys drool over the power of a luxury sports car with posters of Ferari/Porche and whatnot on their wall. Well we KSP players drool in the same way over rockets.

so lets share the most beautiful pictures of rockets in this thread to drool over!

I'll start with some legendary pics.

Apollo 11. This is my favourite Apollo picture (Well Except for the EVA pics)

Apollo 17. The only night launch. I love how bright it is.

Space shuttle Columbia STS 1.

Freedom 7 on an Redstone

Friendship 7 on an Atlas booster.

Voyager 2 on a Titan. The rocket just yells POWERRRRRRRR

A lovely image of Columbia during ascent on it's tragic mission STS 10

Soyuz! I am just in love with its looks. If I where a rocket this is the kind of girl-rocket I would fall in love with.

Engines! Powerful engines!

[The Destroyer]

Nice pictures!

[RocketTurtle]

I'll just plop these here.

Edited October 27, 2013 by RocketTurtle

[Xeldrak]

The N-1 Rocket - sadly there are only very few pictures of it

Apollo first stage seperation

I like this picture, because you get a feeling how big the Saturn V really was

The R-7 - granddaddy to all soyus rockets. Also sadly very few pictures. Stupid soviets...

Edited October 27, 2013 by Xeldrak

[nhnifong]

It's not a picture of a rocket launch but I always thought this was pretty cool

[astropapi1]

It's not a picture of a rocket launch but I always thought this was pretty cool

-snip-

I love how the first -and smallest- rocket on the list is from Poland.

[astropapi1]

The future that never happened.

Ares I SRB static fire.

Ares I-X breaking the sound barrier.

The "6 inch flight".

They were beautiful. expensive and unnecessary, but beautiful.

"SRB sep".

Spacefrog FTW!

[Sesni]

The future that never happened.

Spacefrog FTW!

-snip

I saw that

[mrrpamplemousse]

The little mother of all rocket ; Little Joe

[DisarmingBaton5]

These are wonderful.

[astropapi1]

The little mother of all rocket ; Little Joe

The booster disintegrated mid-flight because of misplaced gyros, but the LES fired perfectly, recovering the capsule. Kinda sounds like my LES tests in KSP.

Here's it's dad:

The test platform for the Mercury LES.

[mrrpamplemousse]

Here's it's dad:

-Snip-

The test platform for the Mercury LES.

Lol, this is priceless, I don't knew that thing existed

[rpayne88]

Spacefrog FTW!

[astropapi1]

Message for the frog: DO NOT INHALE! It will fry your lungs!!!!

I think that's the least of his problems.

[Vaebn]

Suddenly a wild Ariane 5 appears!

[Pipcard]

H-IIB

[RocketTurtle]

Suddenly wild dancing SRB's appear!

[mythbusters844]

Out of nowhere, an S-II interstage jettison GIF appears!

A still picture wouldn't be as epic as a GIF, wouldn't it?

[hugix]

More Soyuz. I love the Soyuz rocket. It just has this majestic look.

[Kerbal01]

Zenit 3SL.

Energia:

Atlas V 541:

Soyuz ST:

Athena II:

Antares:

Edited October 31, 2013 by DarthVader

[fatfluffycat]

Look at the building at the bottom, kind of looks like the Mission control in-game, so does the VAB

[The Destroyer]

It looks exactly the same- even the stairs!

But anyway.

MORE SEXY SATURN V AND N-1s

[aceassasin]

[rpayne88]

Don't know how to make this appear from the website. Here is the link:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=post+war+V-2+tests&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=06955424B1FB2742638B714AEE5417C7460A9E15&selectedIndex=3

You can't forget the first relatively "successful" rocket. Damn shame it started out as a ballistic missile in the hands of a mad man.

[Thiel]

Minotaur V, the mther of all SRB launchers.

By by LADEE