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The European Service Module that will power NASA’s Orion spacecraft to the Moon and beyond is taking shape in the assembly hall at Airbus Defence and Space, Bremen, Germany. The spacecraft module will provide propulsion, electricity, water, oxygen and nitrogen and thermal control.
Seen here is the primary structure that provides rigidity to the European Service Module much like the chassis of a car. It absorbs the vibrations and energy from launch while a secondary structure protects the module from micrometeoroids and space debris.
Assembly of the thousands of components needed to build the advanced spacecraft started on 19 May with the arrival of the primary structure that was shipped from Turin, Italy, by Thales Alenia Space. In 2018 this structure will be an element of the European Service Module that will be launched into space, as part of the Orion spacecraft, on its first mission to fly more than 64 000 km beyond the Moon and back.
In the background is a poster of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) that was also assembled in this hall in Bremen. Five ATVs flew to the International Space Station to deliver supplies and raise its orbit. Developing ATV provided the experience necessary to develop the European Service Module in Europe.
Credit: Airbus DS
My second ever GBC-module. Wanted to try building it from scratch this time, so took a little while to figure out the wave-mechanism, but a fun challenge :)
Pretty happy with the way the dragon turned out and the motion works fairly well with the overall look. Have a look at the video if you want a closer look. Hope you like it! youtu.be/GenuLBWM1-Y?si=3zWL5cj-TP9QCVXr
Module 15, this cliff was supposed to be a lot higher.
To save parts and time I made a smaller rock but the footprint is the same. Later I might revise this part.
My first ever GBC-module! Only took me around 6-7 years to finally get one done, haha! Anyways, hope you like it :) Check the video, it does actually work! youtu.be/SD7lMjUY234?si=PfMJ7c46OluOruLs
Third stage with the command module and seats one astronaut. This will connect to the top of the second stage well thus hiding the propulsion rockets beneath. The Millennium Falcon canopies recently acquired from the last event make a perfect fit. Just have to build the supports so it can be displayed horizontally showing the connections between the three stages...
The City Space theme continues to inspire. I wanted to use the curved quarter panels as a windscreen, and by excellent luck had the matching curve plate in sand blue. From then on it was just a matter of mixing the design cues and colour scheme from the sets with my build.
Rather pleased with this, looks chunky and industrial near-future. The crane, while functional, can't lift the module without ripping itself apart. Oh well.
Probably won't take any more pictures of the module itself either, it's just an empty shell that seems to be more like a double-decker carriage on a scenic train than a science module. Some more work on that will be required, I think. But that's a problem for another time. I already have an idea for a larger build that will incorporate four of these modules.
Motor modules in boxes will probably not be the next big thing in transportation, but it makes a nice picture.
Finally had a chance to make use of the Fallout Shelter minifigs from EclipseGRAFX Customs in the module before it gets deconstructed...
Name: Sturdy Edge Module
Designer: Michał Kosmulski
Orange units: 48 Paper: 4,0 х 4,0
Green units: 48 Paper: 4,0 х 5,2 (1 : 1,3)
Purple units: 72 Paper: 4,0 х 4,0
Final height: ~ 13,0 cm
Truncated Cuboctahedron
Original: michal.kosmulski.org/origami/truncated-cuboctahedron-stem...
Tutorial: michal.kosmulski.org/origami/stem/
This ‘mirror module’ – formed of 140 industrial silicon mirror plates, stacked together by a sophisticated robotic system – is destined to form part of the optical system of ESA’s Athena X-ray observatory.
Due to launch in 2031, Athena will probe 10 to 100 times deeper into the cosmos than previous X-ray missions, to observe the very hottest, high-energy celestial objects. To achieve this the mission requires entirely new X-ray optics technology.
Energetic X-rays don’t behave like typical light waves: they don’t reflect in a standard mirror. Instead they can only be reflected at shallow angles, like stones skimming along water. So multiple mirrors must be stacked together to focus them: ESA’s 1999-launched XMM-Newton has three sets of 58 gold-plated nickel mirrors, each nestled inside one another. But to see further, Athena needs tens of thousands of densely-packed mirror plates.
A new technology had to be invented: ‘silicon pore optics’, based on stacking together mirror plates made from industrial silicon wafers, which are normally used to manufacture silicon chips.
It was developed at ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, and patented by ESA, invented by an ESA staff member with the founder of cosine Research, the Dutch company leading an European consortium developing Athena’s optics.
The technology was refined through a series of ESA R&D projects, and all process steps have been demonstrated to be suitable for industrial production. The wafers have grooves cut into them, leaving stiffening ribs to form the ‘pores’ the X-rays will pass through. They are given a slight curvature, tapering towards a desired point so the complete flight mirror can focus X-ray images.
“We’ve produced hundreds of stacks using a trio of automated stacking robot,” explains ESA optics engineer Eric Wille. “Stacking the mirror plates is a crucial step, taking place in a cleanroom environment to avoid any dust contamination, targeting thousandth of a millimetre scale precision. Our angular resolution is continuously improving.”
“Ongoing shock and other environmental testing ensures the modules will meet Athena’s requirements, and the modules are regularly tested using different X-ray facilities.”
Athena’s flight mirror – comprising hundreds of these mirror modules – is due for completion three to four years before launch, to allow for its testing and integration.
Each new ESA Science mission observes the Universe in a different way from the one before it, requiring a steady stream of new technologies years in advance of launch. That’s where ESA’s research and development activities come in, to early anticipate such needs, to make sure the right technology is available at the right time for missions to come.
Long-term planning is crucial to realise the missions that investigate fundamental science questions, and to ensure the continued development of innovative technology, inspiring new generations of European scientists and engineers.
Science is everywhere at ESA. As well as exploring the Universe and answering the big questions about our place in space we develop the satellites, rockets and technologies to get there. Science also helps us to care for our home planet. All this week we're highlighting different aspects of science at ESA. Join the conversation with #ScienceAtESA.
Credits: ESA/cosine Research
Le module de commande Columbia est la partie du vaisseau spatial qui a servi lors de la mission Apollo 11. Elle a été la première à faire alunir des humains sur la Lune.
This model showcases the Apollo Command Module, a pioneering spacecraft that carried 27 astronauts on nine lunar missions between 1968 and 1972. Launched atop the colossal Saturn V rocket, the most powerful rocket ever constructed, the Command Module was the sole component of the spacecraft to return to Earth after each mission.
My oldest surviving moc. It has been through many iterations, all before I found out about Bricklink so please excuse the Viking shields!
Here are the modules I have so far, plus the unmanned scout vehicle.
I don't have plans for any more modules immediately, but could definitely see myself building some eventually.
My first take on the micropolis module format for microscale LEGO city. Comments and constructive criticism appreciated!
On 29 February a test model of Orion’s solar array was unfolded at NASA’s Plum Brook Station test facility in Sandusky, Ohio to check everything works as expected. The solar panels were made by Airbus Defence and Space in the Netherlands for the ESA module that will supply power and life support for up to four astronauts.
Each wing stretches more than 7 m, folded inside the Space Launch Systems rocket that will launch the spacecraft on its first unmanned mission in 2018. Orion sports four wings of three panels with 1242 cells per panel to provide 11.1 kW of power – enough to run two typical European households. The distinctive X-wings are an evolution and improvement of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle.
The test was passed with flying colours as the 260 kg array unfurled into its flight configuration. The stresses of flying to the Moon and beyond – and back again – mean the array is designed to bend up to 60º forward and backward, much like a bird in flight.
“That broad movement meant we had to design the wing with thickened solar panels and reinforced hinges and beams, which required extensive testing,” says Arnaud de Jong, head of the Airbus Defence and Space Solar Array team in Leiden, the Netherlands.
The wing tips are expected to deflect more than a metre. A camera on each wing tip, looking back at the spacecraft, will closely monitor the movement.
Further tests will look at how the solar array handles acoustic shocks, vibrations and other shock tests in the following months.
Read more about Orion on ESA’s website or follow ESA’s Orion blog for regular updates, including a video of yesterday’s unfurling.
Credit: Airbus
Tiles from the Museu Nacional do Azulejo in Lisbon, Portugal
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Building facts:
2 versions included ( Both black and white )
100% seamlessly tillable several buildings next to each other in any horizontal direction
100% mesh structure
Easy to rezz
Zero script lag
Browse friendly - customers will love it
Retail store or Gallery type prefab
bonus display ottomans - no seats but rather the props... decorative. Can be used as vendor stalls for demo objects for example...
Footprint: 33x30 m (shop interior square shape - 30x30, 3 additional meters for facade)
Minimum Parcel Size Required: 1024sq. meters ( building can be physically rezzed at 1024 sq. meters parcel, shop window may cross land border a bit, however ground floor is root prim, it wont count in adjacent parcel - standard 1024 SL parcel size 32x32 m)
Prims: 47
More info HERE
This week in 1999, the STS-96 crew aboard space shuttle Discovery became the first to dock with the International Space Station. Using the Integrated Cargo Carrier, Discovery delivered the Russian cargo crane, STRELA; the SPACEHAB Oceaneering Space System Box; and the American crane, ORU Transfer Device, to the space station. STS-96 was the Space Shuttle Program’s second ISS mission. The first, STS-88, delivered the first American module, Unity, in December 1998. In total, 34 shuttle missions were flown during construction of the space station.
The International Space Station serves as the world’s leading laboratory where researchers conduct cutting-edge research and technology development that will enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroids and Mars. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s Payload Operations and Integrations Center serves as the agency’s command center for all science operations on the space station.
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art001e002161 (Dec. 5, 2022): Cameras mounted on the crew module of the Orion spacecraft captured these views of the Moon’s surface. On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, the spacecraft made its second and final close approach to the Moon before its returned powered flyby burn.
iss068e024067 (Nov. 25, 2022) --- The European robotic arm is pictured extending out from the International Space Station's Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
Le module lunaire ou LEM ou LM est le véhicule spatial utilisé dans le cadre du programme spatial américain Apollo pour débarquer des hommes sur la Lune.
This is another image of my Lunar Module model rendered in Bricklink's Studio 2.0. I made a few adjustments to the design and reassigned different colours. Most notably, the orange bricks I used originally for the Kapton polymide film foil blankets have been replaced with a metallic gold brick from Studio 2.0’s palette. This gives the model a more accurate appearance.