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Over the past few days at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers have connected the third European Service Module to the Crew Module Adapter, forming the complete Service Module which will propel Orion towards the Moon and provide oxygen and water for astronauts during the Artemis III mission.
This assembly process involved carefully suspending the Crew Module Adapter while lifting the European Service Module very slowly, stopping regularly to check the alignment using precise laser measurements. The European Service Module is placed on a mobile platform that allows engineers to accurately move the precious module with six degrees of freedom – x, y, z and three rotations – to ensure an exact alignment. Once the modules are ready to be fastened, engineers install 192 screws one by one all around the modules. Some of these fastenings are particularly challenging to reach, requiring special precautions like foil to prevents parts from falling into the module underneath.
Now that the modules are connected, the next steps in the journey to Artemis III include welding operations to connect the systems that will provide breathable air, water and temperature inside the spacecraft and testing that these systems are leak-proof and securely connected. Next year, the Crew Module and solar array wings will be attached to the Service Module, forming the complete Orion spacecraft.
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Credits: NASA
Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the American Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) crew, is seen at the controls of the Apollo Command Module during the joint ASTP docking in Earth orbit mission.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: AST-08-499
Date: 15-24 July 1975
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is loaded into the agency’s Super Guppy aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility runway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 21, 2019. The spacecraft’s crew and service modules are flying to NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, for full thermal vacuum testing. In this unique facility, the crew and service modules will be put through extensive testing to ensure they can survive the rigors of launch, space travel, re-entry and splashdown. The Orion spacecraft will launch atop the agency's Space Launch System rocket on Artemis I. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
F-14A Tomcat - 1/15th Scale
After 9 months of work my Tomcat is finally done. The model depicts Wichita 106 from VF-1 Wolfpack squadron, one of the first two squadrons to deploy onto a carrier with the Tomcat. It is displayed on a section of the USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier that carried the squadron in 1974 and 1975.
The plane itself measures 127cm long and contains roughly 8,000 pieces. As with my Phantom it has PF function powered control surfaces including elevons, rudder and spoilers along with a host of other manual functions like variable geometry swing wings, leading and trailing edge flaps, speed brakes and arrestor hook.
The model also has an after-market F-14A sound module with a 2-inch speaker in each engine tail pipe complete with start-up and shut-down sequences and LED lights that engage at the afterburner stage.
There are numerous custom made decals and stencils, a detailed cockpit and custom vacuum formed canopy glazing. The “airbags” that sit under the sweeping wings are made from dyed Lego sail material.
The carrier deck is a section depicting the starboard forward catapult of the USS Enterprise, complete with jet blast deflector, MD-1 Tow Tractor and various poseable deck crew (designed by the awesome Joe Perez).
The nose gear is inter-changeable to depict either standing or catapult launch stances.
There are certainly nods to some of the other great Lego Tomcat builds out there so thanks to everyone who provided inspiration. This was undoubtable the most complex and challenging project I have done to date, I found the Tomcat’s curves incredibly hard to re-create even at this scale.
Thanks for looking, next up it’s either going to be a 1/15th scale F-8E Crusader or a 1/10 scale Spitfire Mk XIV…see you in 6-9 months
Megan était installée dans la Cupola quand la caméra 360 ISSexperience, fixée au bout du bras robotique, est venue jeter un œil à l’intérieur. Ça m’a rappelé mon dernier entraînement sous-marin avec la NASA : parfois les poissons sont attirés par la lumière des hublots, souvent la seule source lumineuse environnante. Ça doit être une sorte de divertissement pour eux, un peu comme quand on visite un aquarium, sauf que dans ce cas c’est nous qui sommes à l’intérieur ! 🐟
Megan was in the Cupola when the 360 camera ISSexperience, perched at the end of the robotic arm, decided to come peek inside the ISS. It reminded me of a NASA underwater training mission, when all the fish came at night to look inside our deep sea habitat, which was the only light in the area, so it was entertainment for them: we were the aquarium!! 🐟
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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iss061e026260 (Nov. 1, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, attached to foot restraints inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), participates in interviews with journalists from Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts.
The spring-loaded pivoting arm on the bottom of the module is the coupling between the aperture ring and the lollipop in the light meter. A moving finger extends upward from the camera body to engage this arm.
The exposure system is very clever, one of the best EVS implementations that I’ve seen: you center the lollipop on the meter needle by turning the aperture ring, but there is no reference index. You’ve aligned the aperture scale against the shutter speed scale. Then, when you select a shutter speed, the aperture automatically adjusts to the one that corresponds to the speed you’ve selected. Unlike most EVS cameras, it’s simple, quick and intuitive.
The rewind knob is clever too: unlike the screw mount Leicas where you have to pull the knob up for clearance, this one has a helix in the shaft so it comes up by itself as you begin to rewind the film.
I think they put one of their better guys on this project. Too bad they didn’t make a version with a rangefinder, but the meter is in the space that it would have required and I don’t imagine they wanted to make it any bigger. Most users were probably better at guessing distances than light levels.
Name: Star module
Designer: Miyuki Kawamura
Units: 30
Paper: 4,5 х 4,5 / 5,7 х 5,7
Final height: ~ 7,5 / 9,0 cm
iss058e027328 (March 4, 2019) --- The uncrewed SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is the first Commercial Crew vehicle to visit the International Space Station. Here it is pictured with its nose cone open revealing its docking mechanism while approaching the station's Harmony module. The Crew Dragon would automatically dock moments later to the international docking adapter attached to the forward end of Harmony.
A few more empty modules to show their variety. The first three are examples of "top" modules that have a landscape or roof built in; nothing is expected to stack onto them obviously. The bottom right is the base of the Tower; for this I wanted extra stability so I built the bottom module full width and part of the base (in the other sections the bottom base separates).
Name: Triangle Edge Modules
Designer: Lewis Simon
Units: 90
Paper: 4,0 x 8,0 (1:2)
Final diameter: ~ 12,5 cm
so, this is my next project: a modular microscale Space Base on Mars.
Module 1 seen from the front.
find more pics in the Mars Base set.
I have been building small houses to get an Idea of how the town layout will connect to the Islands' geography.
As expected modifications are needed.
There's actually nothing left of the old
Module 19. I basically just built a new one.
The base needed to be a lot higher (around 8 bricks high now). Also the Islands' smooth coastline will evolve into a rough one with more reliëf and capes.
I've been working on this "secret project" for quite some time now. It's almost ready so I thought I would post a teaser image.
A few empty modules to give you a better sense of how they're built and fit together. These are from the Tower section and are among the first I built. Trying out cheese mosaic floors for the first time :)
Concrete bridge modules for Ciledug - Tendean flyover construction.
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Sjøhus, (sea houses, litterally translated) are industrial buildings from the times when boats were the only efficient way of transport. These cladded, timber frame buildings were used for all kinds of purposes connected to trade and fisheries on the Norwegian coast. The typical protruding part of the gable (vindehus) is protecting the hoist mechanism. Herring (sild) fisheries were so important for the earlier economic growth on the western coast it was the obvious choice for an advert on the wall.
I wanted to build a ship/probe module that had the textures of current technology coupled with the shapes and lines of the sci-fi world not yet invented. All stickers are official (from the Discovery line.) All pictures at Brickshelf once moderated.
Dedicated to nnenn.
The local train LUG's layout is always a hit! Kids can operate the crane in the busy freightyard, light up the tree in front of the main station, or drive a classic steam train in front of the frozen waterfall.
For more photos, see the full set.