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The second and final qualification motor (QM-2) test for the Space Launch System’s booster is seen, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems test facilities in Promontory, Utah. During the Space Launch System flight the boosters will provide more than 75 percent of the thrust needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth. via NASA ift.tt/291UFD7
F1 rocket engines of the Apollo/Saturn V Booster. The "V" designation originates from the five powerful F-1 engines that powered the first stage of the rocket. The Saturn V remains the largest and most powerful U.S. expendable launch vehicle ever built. The first stage includes the five F-1 engines producing nearly 7.7 million pounds of thrust. These powerful engines are required to lift the heavy rocket fast enough to escape Earth's gravity. The first stage engines are burned at liftoff and last for about 2.5 minutes taking the vehicle and payload to an altitude of 38 miles. The first stage then separates and burns up in the Earth's atmosphere.
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He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
Job 26:6-8
Taylors - Booster Maxxx. Named 'Air Crash', one of only 2 in the UK at 180ft High.
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Fins & boosters ready ✔ Got the frame started too today. In need of more workspace though... Think I'll claim a kids room yet again this year :D
My final update of booster gold
Luke Skywalker Hair
Arc 170 Fighter Pilot Head
Yellow Vest
Dark Blue Torso
Dark Blue Legs
NASA's Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Ground Test!
At the Orbital ATK test facility, the booster for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was fired for a two minute test on March 11. The test is one of two that will qualify the booster for flight before SLS begins carrying NASA’s Orion spacecraft and other potential payloads to deep space destinations.
Image Credit: NASA
Read full Release:
www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasas-space-launch-system-booster-passes-major-ground-test/
More about SLS:
www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html
More SLS Photos:
www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/gallery/S...
Space Launch System Flickr photoset:
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And his trusty robot sidekick, Skeets.
Well I decided that my Booster Gold was a little too simple. (And my skeets)
So I added shoulder pad things to Booster's arms, gave him gauntlets and wrist blasters, and I made a chest plate instead of using cut up Lego armor.
With Skeets I completely remade the entire thing. I gave him more of a JLU look. I used a Lego blaster, lightsaber blade, a stud and a throwing star. I'll leave it up to you to figure out where all those went.
Also the chest plate looks bumpy but it really isn't.
Please remember to comment as I did put a lot of hard work into these guys. (especially Booster's star. :P )
In the early 1980s, Burlington Northern was in need of additional motive power. For whatever reason, they also decided they didn't need cabs! BN ultimately wound up with a fleet of 120 GE B30-7A B units. There is much contention in the railfan community as to whether these are designated "B30-7A" or "B30-7AB". GE officially listed them as "B30-7A", but several railroaders swear up and down that the blue cards read "B30-7AB". Either way, these unique little boosters could be found all across the BN system doing just about anything. They differed from standard B30-7s in that they used a 12 cylinder FDL engine to achieve 3,000 horsepower, instead of the 16 cylinder model. The result was a more fuel-efficient locomotive.
By the late 1990s, the fleet was approaching 20 years old and BNSF, like the other Class 1s at the time, was looking toward retirement of its Dash 7 fleet. Central Michigan Railway was shopping for power at the same time, and a deal was struck with BNSF for the purchase of 3 B30-7ABs, along with a lone B30-7 and a trio of C30-7s. 2 of the units wound up in Central Michigan's new gray and red scheme, becoming CMGN #2001 and #2002, while the third remained BN green. They fit in nicely with CMGN's existing U23Bs, and worked for the next decade hauling freight, coal, and grain trains through the Michigan countryside. By the end of the 2000s, they were showing their age, and Rail America transferred EMDs from other properties to replace them. After a brief stint in lease service on neighboring Lake State Railway, all 3 were sold to a railroad in Mexico. South of the border, they were equipped with cabs and continue to work there to this day.
During Durand Railroad Days 2006, train 702 (now operated by Huron & Eastern) arrived from Bay City behind U23B #8903 and B30-7AB #2001. They are seen here taking headroom on CN's Holly Subdivision as they pull clear of the switch to back into the yard. The B unit would be left in Durand to await an inbound coal train, while the U23B would take 701 back north solo the following day.
My Custom Painted Booster Gold! He is missing the star on purpose, it will be explained in my stories. Huge thanks to The Knight (KJ) for some painting tips that helped me out here, and to Levi (MrMinifig) for the torso inspiration and, well, inspiring me to paint a Booster Gold in the first place! As you can see, he came a long way from the preview from my second account (will be linked).
I would love to hear your feedback, so leave a comment if you fav the pic, please!
In this photo you can see the first stage booster separating for its return trip to Cape Canaveral, FL. where it landed safely on 11-09-23.
I was definitely channeling some Cole Blaq when I made this, so credit goes to him for inspiration. Not totally happy with how this came out, but at least it's something new :P
On a side note, I really won't be active for a while. School is eating up my time and sapping my creativity, so don't expect new stuff very often. Hopefully this period of decline will end soon, but for now I'm stuck :(
SLS Booster Work Continues after Major Test
Orbital ATK technicians detach the center forward segment from the forward segment of NASA's five-segment booster that fired up for testing March 11 at Orbital ATK's test facility in Promontory, Utah. The two-minute static test was the first of two ground tests to support qualification of the boosters that will help launch the first flight of NASA's new rocket--the Space Launch System (SLS). The most powerful launch vehicle ever built, SLS will take humans and cargo on deep space missions, including an asteroid and ultimately to Mars. Disassembly and inspection of the booster is ongoing, but preliminary analysis of the test data shows all test objectives were successfully completed during the hot fire. The second qualification test is planned for early 2016. Once qualified, flight booster hardware will undergo final manufacturing and preparation for shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the rocket's first unmanned flight.
Image credit: Orbital ATK
If you want learn more about NASA's Rocket Booster, the largest component of our new rocket - Space Launch System - here's the place!
This infographic takes us back to school and sums up everything you need to know about the Space Launch System Solid Rocket Booster or SRB. The booster will use a 5-segment solid propellant motor, and the motor is the largest component of the Space Launch System booster. Watch the booster test live on NASA TV March 11, 2015 as it is broadcast from Orbtial ATK in Promontory, Utah.
Image credit: NASA/MSFC
(January 28, 1986) At about 76 seconds, fragments of the Orbiter can be seen tumbling against a background of fire, smoke and vaporized propellants from the External Tank. The left Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) flys rampant, still thrusting. The reddish-brown cloud envelops the disintergrating Orbiter. The color is indicative of the nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer propellant in the Orbiter Reaction Control System. On January 28, 1986 frigid overnight temperatures caused normally pliable rubber O-ring seals and putty that are designed to seal and establish joint integrity between the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) joint segments, to become hard and non- flexible. At the instant of SRB ignition, tremendous stresses and pressures occur within the SRB casing and especially at the joint attachment points. The failure of the O-rings and putty to "seat" properly at motor ignition, caused hot exhaust gases to blow by the seals and putty. During Challenger's ascent, this hot gas "blow by" ultimately cut a swath completely through the steel booster casing; and like a welder's torch, began cutting into the External Tank (ET). It is believed that the ET was compromised in several locations starting in the aft at the initial point where SRB joint failure occured. The ET hydrogen tank is believed to have been breached first, with continuous rapid incremental failure of both the ET and SRB. The chain reaction of events occurring in milliseconds culminated in a massive explosion. The orbiter Challenger was instantly ejected by the blast and went askew into the supersonic air flow. These aerodynamic forces caused structural shattering and complete destruction of the orbiter. Though it was concluded that the G-forces experienced during orbiter ejection and break-up were survivable, impact with the ocean surface was not. Tragically, all seven crewmembers perished.
Taken at the Matejska pout fairground in Prague. This is a long exposure of the Booster Maxx ride which looked much more fun to photograph than ride!
“The other shuttle Phase-B design team -- McDonnell-Douglas and Martin Marietta -- presented its final design on June 30, 1971. The Martin Marietta booster was derived from an alternative “Spacemaster” booster concept. All landing jet engines were installed inside the forward canard wing to improve the center of gravity, to compensate for the huge mass of the ascent propulsion system which consisted of thirteen Space Shuttle Main Engines. [I count twelve] The high-mounted aft wing with wing tips was chosen to provide the least interference with the orbiter at launch while still producing adequate stability for the booster. The Martin Marietta booster was expected to provide a higher degree of directional stability, except during the subsonic part of the flight and during landing, when the General Dynamics low-wing design would be less sensitive to crosswinds.”
Above per the excellent PMView Pro website, at the following links:
www.pmview.com/spaceodysseytwo/spacelvs/sld031.htm
With the image, and its associated description/caption: “McDonnell-Douglas/Martin Marietta shuttle flight plan. The staging maneuver was at 63.8km altitude. The booster's engines would have to burn 1,378.3t of LOX/LH₂ propellants to accelerate the vehicle to a velocity of 3300m/s. The orbiter's twin engines would have used another 241,648kg of propellants to reach orbit”:
sites.google.com/site/spaceodysseytwo/stg1969/stsmd71p.jpg
8.5" x 11". Not resolved in the online image, but seen in this photograph, is the opened/hinged trailing edge of the forward canard – visible in the “landing” phase – revealing the air-breathing engines housed within. I suppose the opened coverings served as elevons at this point?
The flaws, strokes, 'smudges', etc., are NOT surface flaws or dirt. They're within the image, and may very well have been on the canvas/board, or whatever it was, that the artist used.
Also...always excellent:
www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?s=McDonnell-Douglas...
Credit: Aerospace Projects Review website
Finally, while the third & fourth diagrams are the ones directly pertinent to the image, an overall excellent article, as one might expect, from the National Space Society. At:
space.nss.org/the-space-shuttle-decision-chapter-8/
The artist is unknown. Spencer Taylor & Don Lauer are reasonable candidates, with H. Wynn as a dark horse.
Global Vilage, last year with Mawahib photography club.
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This little building is of a booster pump installation to deal with removing faster waist and sewridge water from the city. Amsterdam has 3 of these installations available.
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V booster and Centaur upper stage for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) arrive at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center at Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 21, 2021. Starliner's first flight with astronauts aboard, CFT will launch from SLC-41. The flight test will demonstrate the ability of the Atlas V and Starliner to safely carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station for the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett