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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:05 a.m. EST on Feb. 15, 2024. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Intuitive Machines’ first lunar mission will carry NASA science and commercial payloads to the Moon to study plume-surface interactions, space weather/lunar surface interactions, radio astronomy, precision landing technologies, and a communication and navigation node for future autonomous navigation technologies.
Credit: Intuitive Machines
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payload almost down, chute deploys @ 2.5km to make it easier to visually track on descent in case transponder fails
Village Of Ardsley NY Highway Department's John Deere 624J Payloader awaits the next truck to load with salt this morning
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This eight seconds long exposure was taken at an altitude of Three metres, in the golden hour around sunrise at 05:27am on Wednesday 3rd September 2019 seated on a fold up camping chair around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, between the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Nikon D850. Focal length 32mm Shutter speed: Eight seconds long exposure. Aperture f/16.0 iso6400 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode: AF-C focus 51 point AF-Area mode: 3D- tracking Exposure mode : Aperture priority exposure. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Metering: Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. White balance: Natural light auto. Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on. Picture control: Auto. High ISO NR on. Vignette control: normal. Active D-lighting Auto.
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 77mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.9 (3 stops) ND Grad soft resin. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.
LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 52.78s
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I attended the "Antique Flywheel Engine & Tractor Show" sponsored by the "Florida Flywheeler's Antique Engine Club" located at 7000 Avon Park Cutoff Road, Fort Mead, FL 33841 on Friday February 21, 2020.
This Photograph shows a Yellow Bulldozer at the Antique Flywheel and Tractor Show, Fort Meade, Florida.
Several other shows/exhibitions were as follows: Functioning Sawmill Demonstrations, Running 1914 400 HP Snow Making Machine Demonstration, Antique Construction Equipment Demonstrations, Model-T Put-Together Demonstration, Daily Antique Tractor Pulls, Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls on Friday & Saturday, Daily Antique Car Parade, Daily Antique Tractor Parade, Florida Flywheeler Antique Engine Club Gift Shop Opened, Huge Flea Market & the Antique Village (was opened) to Wander Through.
This Place is HUGE ! - - One of the attendants told me it is approx 480 ACRES !
Toting the Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP), astronaut Linda M. Godwin, STS-76 mission specialist, translates along the longeron of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay starboard side during the March 27, 1996, Extravehicular Activity (EVA). During the docked phase of the mission, astronauts Godwin and Michael R. (Rich) Clifford teamed to mount the MEEP experiments on the Russian Mir Space Station Docking Module (DM). The experiments collected micrometeoroid debris for more than a year. The MEEP experiments were removed from the DM during a spacewalk in November 1997, and returned to Earth on STS-89 in January 1998.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS076-730-00G
Date: March 27, 1996
Four reindeer walk past the BARREL payload on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden.
The BARREL team is at Esrange Space Center launching a series of six scientific payloads on miniature scientific balloons. The NASA-funded BARREL – which stands for Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses – primarily measures X-rays in Earth’s atmosphere near the North and South Poles. These X-rays are produced by electrons raining down into the atmosphere from two giant swaths of radiation that surround Earth, called the Van Allen belts. Learning about the radiation near Earth helps us to better protect our satellites.
Several of the BARREL balloons also carry instruments built by undergraduate students to measure the total electron content of Earth’s ionosphere, as well as the low-frequency electromagnetic waves that help to scatter electrons into Earth’s atmosphere. Though about 90 feet in diameter, the BARREL balloons are much smaller than standard football stadium-sized scientific balloons.
This is the fourth campaign for the BARREL mission. BARREL is led by Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The undergraduate student instrument team is led by the University of Houston and funded by the Undergraduate Student Instrument Project out of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. For more information on NASA’s scientific balloon program, visit: www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.
Image credit: NASA/University of Houston/Samar Mathur
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Payload is 540 grams, there is a locking mechanism to fix the upper container (no studs involved). I was quite afraid the well car would break down under this weight or derail when passing the switches, or the containers would fall over in curves, but surprisingly there was no such problem - au contraire the weight seems to stabilize the whole thing.
Coupling in general is an issue due to the tight track curves, especially when there are no moving pilots on the loco (which I didn't want from the beginning), but I've found a solution which more or less seems to work.
Sorry for the black screen (guess it's an iMovie issue, I somehow can't fix it), thanks for looking.
While photographing the cargo bay (not yet visited by the Hubble Space Telescope) the STS-61 crew also captured a sunburst. A 70-mm camera, aimed through Space Shuttle Endeavour's aft flight deck windows, was used to take the image.
NASA’s Artemis campaign will send astronauts, payloads, and science experiments into deep space on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) super heavy-lift Moon rocket. Starting with Artemis IV, the Orion spacecraft and its astronauts will be joined by other payloads atop an upgraded version of the SLS, called Block 1B. SLS Block 1B will deliver initial elements of a lunar space station designed to enable long term exploration of the lunar surface and pave the way for future journeys to Mars. To fly these advanced payloads, engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are building a cone-shaped adapter that is key to SLS Block 1B.
The payload adapter, nestled within the universal stage adapter sitting atop the SLS Block 1B's exploration upper stage, acts as a connecting point to secure a large payload that is co-manifested -- or flying along with -- the Orion spacecraft. The adapter consists of eight composite panels with an aluminum honeycomb core and two aluminum rings.
In this image, the PLA engineering development unit is installed into the 4697-test stand at NASA Marshall for structural testing. It was then attached to the large cylindrical structure which simulates the Exploration Upper Stage interface. Load lines were then connected to the top of the PLA. The testing demonstrated that it can handle up to three times the expected load.
Credit: NASA/Samuel Lott
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Old Time Trucks Magazine's show at Expediteexpo 2012 in Wilmington, Ohio. This beauty is owned by John W. Doll of Wapakoneta, Ohio, the birthplace of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon. I doubt that you'll ever see a cleaner truck than this. At the 2013 show, John was wiping off the rain as fast as it fell. Very impressive iron.
For some reason, when I think of cab over engine (COE) semis, I think of the White Freightliner which I always believed was one of the coolest trucks built. COE's came into prominence because of restrictions to the overall length of semis on the interstate system. The maximum length of a tractor trailer was limited to a total of 55 feet so the shorter COE tractors could pull longer trailers and hence a larger payload than conventional trucks. All this was changed by the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 which limited trailers to 53 feet max regardless to what style of tractor was pulling it. From then on COE's have slowly disappeared from the countries roadways because they make servicing more difficult, the ride rougher and are somewhat more dangerous to the driver who has very little in front of him for protection in a wreck. They are now a relatively rare site, one I consider a real treat.
Do you ever have a payload that just won't quite get to orbit? It turns out you can just stick a booster onto your rocket and it'll work out.
The Wasüngö launch vehicle is a versatile, if small, launcher developed by the Central Efrikkan NARB. Its hypergolic fuel might be cancer in a bottle, but at least it can sit on the pad for days in the rainy season without issue.
EXPLORE: Highest position: 299 on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Bee approaching clematis flower, Dublin, Ireland.
Explosive consequences await anyone receiving this payload!
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SY44•2C(Y1) filter using Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitalized by Photoshop.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Liftoff was at 6:51 p.m. EDT. TESS will search for planets outside of our solar system. The mission will find exoplanets that periodically block part of the light from their host stars, events called transits. The satellite will survey the nearest and brightest stars for two years to search for transiting exoplanets. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
On était jeune en ce temps là !... Voici le véhicule de reconnaissance de commande Dodge WC56 au lavage, il a été développé sur la plate-forme de la série Dodge WC comme un 4x4 pour être utilisé pour la reconnaissance. The Command Car. qui a été fabriqué en 21 156 unités.
Longueur: 4,22 m, Hauteur: 2,07 m, Poids: 2 420 kg, Largeur: 2,00 m, Charge utile: 800 kg.
We were young then! ... Here is the Dodge WC56 Command Reconnaissance Vehicle in the wash, it was developed on the Dodge WC series platform as a 4x4 to be used for reconnaissance. The Command Car. which was manufactured in 21,156 units.
Length: 4.22 m, Height: 2.07 m, Weight: 2,420 kg, Width: 2.00 m, Payload: 800 kg.
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, STS-41B mission specialist, tests a Mobile Foot Restraint (MFR) attached to the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. McCandless appears to be walking on cargo, but is realy being flown over it by the combination MFR and RMS. His helmet visor reflects parts of the payload bay that can't be seen in the larger portion of the photo. Behind him can be seen both the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S84-27039
Date: February 7, 1984
NASA has selected three commercial Moon landing service providers that will deliver science and technology payloads under Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as part of the Artemis program. Each commercial lander will carry NASA-provided payloads that will conduct science investigations and demonstrate advanced technologies on the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the lunar surface by 2024.
The selections are:
• Astrobotic of Pittsburgh has been awarded $79.5 million and has proposed to fly as many as 14 payloads to Lacus Mortis, a large crater on the near side of the Moon, by July 2021.
• Intuitive Machines of Houston has been awarded $77 million. The company has proposed to fly as many as five payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, a scientifically intriguing dark spot on the Moon, by July 2021.
• Orbit Beyond of Edison, New Jersey, has been awarded $97 million and has proposed to fly as many as four payloads to Mare Imbrium, a lava plain in one of the Moon’s craters, by September 2020.
All three of the lander models were on display for the announcement of the companies selected to provide the first lunar landers for the Artemis program, on Friday, May 31, 2019, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Read more: go.nasa.gov/2Ki2mJo
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth
A BARREL team member watches as one of their payloads launches from Esrange Space Center on Aug. 29, 2016.
Throughout August 2016, the BARREL team was at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden, launching a series of six scientific payloads on miniature scientific balloons. The NASA-funded BARREL – which stands for Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses – primarily measures X-rays in Earth’s atmosphere near the North and South Poles. These X-rays are produced by electrons raining down into the atmosphere from two giant swaths of radiation that surround Earth, called the Van Allen belts. Learning about the radiation near Earth helps us to better protect our satellites.
Several of the BARREL balloons also carried instruments built by undergraduate students to measure the total electron content of Earth’s ionosphere, as well as the low-frequency electromagnetic waves that help to scatter electrons into Earth’s atmosphere. Though about 90 feet in diameter, the BARREL balloons are much smaller than standard football stadium-sized scientific balloons.
This is the fourth campaign for the BARREL mission. BARREL is led by Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The undergraduate student instrument team is led by the University of Houston and funded by the Undergraduate Student Instrument Project out of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. For more information on NASA’s scientific balloon program, visit: www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.
Credit: NASA/Dartmouth/Alexa Halford
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In the early 21st century the German army phased out the Leopard 1 based Flakpanzer Gepard as the risk of a foreign power attacking with aircraft was reduced to almost nothing.
But the formation of Zeus signaled a change of circumstances once again and hostile forces emerged that were well-organized, well-equipped and well-armed, including aircraft.
This prompted CentCom in Brussels to revive the Gepard in the role of heavy mobile air-defence.
This new vehicle is the Gepard 2.
Using older Leopard 2A6 chassis that were upgraded to A8 standards as the bases a new turret was designed to include the latest versions of the Oerlikon 35mm revolver cannons used in the stationary Mantis gun-system and lighter Boxer Skyranger variant.
Each of the guns is armed with 500 rounds of AA-ammunition as well as 100 armour-piercing rounds to combat ground-targets.
In addition, missile launchers for Stinger and LFK NG rockets can be mounted on the sides of the cannons in different configuration.
While the operational range of the tank is less than that of the Boxer, it can operate almost autonomous due to its improved tracking system and for longer periods of time. Another advantage is the far bigger payload of amunition and missiles the Gepard can carry, as its armour saves weight by being lighter than that of the Leopard 2A8.
Also, found the right video to provide the right sound:
The Vega-C Payload Assembly Composite (PAC) with LARES-2 has beenintegrated onto the Vega-C launch Vehicle on 7 July 2022 at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
On the wave of Vega’s success, Member States at the ESA Ministerial meeting in December 2014 agreed to develop the more powerful Vega-C to respond to an evolving market and to long-term institutional needs.
Vega-C increases performance from Vega’s current 1.5 t to about 2.2 t in a reference 700 km polar orbit, covering identified European institutional users’ mission needs, with no increase in launch service and operating costs.
The participating states in this development are: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Credits: ESA - M. Pedoussaut
On Jan. 15, Firefly Aerospace successfully launched 10 NASA science and technology instruments on the company’s first CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) delivery. The NASA instrument teams are performing initial health checks and collecting data ahead of the lunar landing in early March. Flight controllers for Blue Ghost Mission 1 said Wednesday that the company’s spacecraft continues to meet mission milestones including acquisition of signal, and maintaining communications through its Mission Operations Center in Cedar Park, Texas.
Here is the first image from space of Firefly’s Blue Ghost mission 1 lunar lander as it begins its 45-day transit period to the Moon. The top deck of the lander is visible here with the X-band antenna and NASA’s Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) payload.
Credit: Firefly Aerospace
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Six metres, at 06:57am on Monday 23rd September 2019 around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, bewteen the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Here we look past Sidney Island and marina and Henry Island, part of the Southern Gulf Islands.
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Nikon D850. Focal length 70mm Shutter speed One second long exposure Aperture f/16.0 iso64 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode AF-C focus 51 point with 3D- tracking. AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode - Aperture priority exposure. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. White balance: Natural light auto. Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on. Picture control: Auto. High ISO NR on. Vignette control: normal. Active D-lighting Auto.
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 77mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.6 (2 stops) ND Grad soft resin.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch.Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.
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LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 53.40s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 36.00s
ALTITUDE: 6.0m
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Models “Truck T13” Scania 143M Torpedo 6x4 in Australian style & “Trailer Tr9 MkII” Elphinstone Easysteer PBS Payloader log trailer with self steering suspension are both build with genuine LEGO® and motorized using LEGO® Power Functions. Both are in scale: 1:17,5.
The truck features: solid axle suspension on all axles of which the rear axle uses tandem bogie suspension, PF powered driving with power transmitted independently to both rear axles, Ackerman geometry on steering axle, Servo powered steering, fully functional fifth wheel, fifth wheel slider, detailed engine bay, modeled Scania V8 engine, detailed cabin interior and 3 light units.
Length: 444 mm
Weight: 2,21kg
Parts: 2790
Given the fact it has a hood or bonnet, so it is not a COE (cab over engine) truck, it is referred to as a torpedo. For this the manufacturer gave it a prefix as well, a T. At that time the 3 series T came in a range of different engine sizes and horsepower. Starting with a 9.0 liter engine with 230 horsepower all the way up to a massive 14 liter V8 engine with 500 horsepower. Being available with either a 9, 11, or 14 liter engine truck models were denoted 93, 113, or 143.
The trailer features solid axle suspension on all axles plus a self steering mechanism, a kingpin, remotely controlled landing gear and parking break, remotely operated lock to enable easy reversing, Power Functions lights and many details.
Length: 749 mm
Weight: 1,23kg
Parts: 1560
To connect and disconnect this semi-trailer to or from a semi-truck it has a landing gear. The trailer's front end can be raised or lowered to make it aligned with the tractor's fifth wheel. With the landing gear down the parking brake is engaged. Lifting the landing gear the parking break will be released.
It is impossible to back this trailer up so it has a steering lock mechanism. This mechanism locks the self steering suspension of the trailer so the axles are fixed. With this you are able to back the trailer up without the self steering suspension.
Vakuum sewage suction truck.
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Chinese Shaanxi Yan’an Sida truck from 1984. The 6 cylinder diesel engine from Weichai Power makes 180hp. With a total weight of the vehicle of 12 tons, the payload is 5 tons. The driver's cab can be tilted.
The sewage truck is equipped with a tiltable vacuum suction container for receiving waste water such as faeces (liquid manure). The vehicle here is in use for a sheep farm.
China is the most important sheep product producer in the world. This is shown by the numbers of the three largest producers:
Sheep meat: 24% China, 8% Australia, 7% New Zealand.
Sheep milk: 12% China, 10% Syria, 9% Turkey.
Sheep wool: 21% Australia, 18% China, 10% New Zealand.
Shaanxi Automobile Group Yan’an Special Vehicle Co. Ltd is part of CNHDTC China National.
I assembled the 1/87 scale model from different parts. I extended the chassis of a children's toy. I modified the Kleinbahn cabin and the Wiking tank and added parts I made myself.
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Camión Shaanxi Yan'an Sida chino de 1984. El motor diesel de 6 cilindros de Weichai Power produce 180CV. Con un peso total del vehículo de 12 toneladas, la carga útil es de 5 toneladas. La cabina del conductor se puede inclinar.
El camión está equipado con un recipiente de succión al vacío inclinable para recibir aguas residuales como heces (estiércol líquido). El vehículo aquí está en uso para una granja de ovejas.
China es el productor de productos ovinos más importante del mundo. Esto se muestra en los números de los tres mayores productores:
Carne de ovino: 24% China, 8% Australia, 7% Nueva Zelanda.
Leche de oveja: 12% China, 10% Siria, 9% Turquía.
Lana de oveja: 21% Australia, 18% China, 10% Nueva Zelanda.
La S.A. de vehículos especiales de Yan'an de Shaanxi Automobile Group es parte de CNHDTC China National.
Monté el modelo a escala 1:87 a partir de diferentes partes. Extendí el chasis de un juguete para niños. Modifiqué la cabina de Kleinbahn y el recipiente de Wiking y agregué partes que hice yo mismo.
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Chinesischer Shaanxi Yan’an Sida truck von 1984. Der 6 Zylinder Dieselmotor von Weichai Power leistet 180PS. Bei einem Gesamtgewicht des Fahrzeuges von 12 Tonnen ist die Nutzlast 5 Tonnen. Die Fahrerkabine ist kippbar.
Der Lastwagen ist mit einem kippbaren Vakuum Saug Behälter zur Aufnahme von Abwasser wie Fäkalien (Gülle, Jauche, Flüssigmist) ausgestattet. Das Vehikel hier ist im Einsatz für eine Schaffarm
China ist der wichtigste Schafprodukt Produzent der Welt. Das zeigen die Zahlen der jeweils drei grössten Produzenten:
Schaffleisch: 24% China, 8% Australien, 7% Neuseeland.
Schafmilch: 12% China, 10% Syrien, 9% Türkei.
Schafwolle: 21% Australien , 18% China, 10% Neuseeland.
Shaanxi Automobile Group Yan’an Special Vehicle Co. Ltd gehört zu CNHDTC China National.
Das Modell im Massstab 1:87 habe ich aus verschiedenen Teilen zusammengebaut. Ich habe das Chassis eines Kinderspielzeugs verlängert. Die Kleinbahn Kabine und den Wiking Tank habe ich modifiziert und mit selber gebastelten Teilen ergänzt.
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1984年的陝西延安斯達卡車。濰柴動力的6缸柴油發動機可輸出180馬力。 車輛總重量為12噸，有效載荷為5噸。 駕駛室可以傾斜。
卡車配備有可傾斜的真空抽吸容器，用於接收糞便（液體肥料）等廢水。 這裡的車輛用於養羊場。
我從不同的部分組裝了1:87比例模型。 我擴展了兒童玩具的底盤。 我修改了Kleinbahn機艙和Wiking液體儲罐，並添加了自己製造的零件。
STS-49 Mission Specialist (MS) Kathryn C. Thornton (foreground) releases a strut from the Multipurpose Experiment Support Structure (MPESS) strut dispenser during Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods (ASEM) procedures in Endeavour's payload bay. MS Thomas D. Akers, positioned on the opposite side of the MPESS, waits for Thornton to hand him the final strut. The two astronauts are building the ASEM structure during the mission's fourth EVA. The ASEM structure, locked in at four corners to payload retention latch assemblies (PRLAs), rises above the payload bay. In the background are the Intelsat cradle, the vertical tail, and the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods. The pale blue and white Earth is visible below.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S49-99-006
Date: May 14, 1992
NASA launched a Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket carrying the RockSat-X payload with university and community college student experiments at 6:04 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 12, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facilityin Virginia.
More than 60 students and instructors from across the continental United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico were on hand to witness the launch of their experiments.
The payload flew to an altitude of about 97 miles and descended via parachute into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Wallops. Payload recovery operations began after lift-off.
Developed by students from seven higher education programs, the experiments flew through the RockSat-X program in conjunction with the Colorado Space Grant Consortium.
Participating institutions in this flight are the University of Colorado, Boulder; Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho; the University of Puerto Rico; the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg; Capitol Technology University, Laurel, Maryland; and University of Hawai'i Community Colleges at the Honolulu, Kapi'olani, Kaua'i, and Windward campuses.
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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander, seen here, will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side when it launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign.
Under the CLPS model, NASA is investing in commercial delivery services to the Moon to enable industry growth and support long-term lunar exploration. As a primary customer for CLPS deliveries, NASA aims to be one of many customers on future flights.
As part of its Artemis campaign, NASA is working with multiple U.S. companies to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface.
Credit: Firefly Aerospace
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Several excerpts, as presented (orally?) by Philip E. Culbertson, Director, Advanced Missions, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA during 1973 NASA Authorization Hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, February 8 & March 17, 1972:
“…It is anticipated that the family of research and applications modules will evolve in capability ranging from an austere Shuttle “Sortie Can” with relatively simple laboratory equipment useful in a number of disciplines through more sophisticated, dedicated laboratory and observatory facilities, including automated free-flyers serviced by the Shuttle.
One of the most promising Shuttle operating modes is the use of the orbiter as a platform for short-duration experimental investigations. We refer to this mode of operation as a Shuttle sortie mission. In addition to utilizing the advantages of the Shuttle in the design, development, and operation of payloads; the sortie mission will, for the first time, permit the investigator to accompany his experiment into space. Conducted in this manner, the sortie mission will literally transport man and his equipment from his terrestrial laboratory into space. Although there will be differences, the Shuttle sortie missions will be modeled after the NASA-Ames airborne research program…
…In order to implement this mode of operation in the Space Shuttle program, a pressurized payload carrier with the descriptive name of Sortie Can is under study…
…Sortie Can is the least expensive and simplest member of the family of research and application modules. Artist’s concepts are shown here in (MF 71-7341 [this posted photograph]) and (MF 71-7339). The Shuttle is illustrated with its cargo bay open showing the pressurized Sortie Can. The intent here is to illustrate just the simple and straightforward approach which we would hope to use to install equipment and experiments and to provide for the men in the laboratory. Equipment racks would be analogous to racks which you would find in any earthbound laboratory.
The Sortie Can will serve as an austere but pivotal element leading to economical space research programs. It will provide a shirtsleeve environment where scientific investigators will work with direct access to their experiment equipment and its control. For experiments that require access to the space environment, airlocks and a pallet external to the pressurized volume will be available.
Attached to the Shuttle Orbiter, the Sortie Can will provide the capability for operations at orbital altitudes and inclinations selected to suit the requirements of the particular experiments and investigations to be carried out. The Sortie Can will accommodate research and applications specialists from government, universities and industry; it will also provide a practical mechanism through which international cooperation and participation in space research can be achieved.
The Sortie Can effort is now undergoing conceptual in-house studies by the Marshall Space Flight Center and a selection of the most desirable concept will be made late this year. Definition studies of this concept will lead toward an in-house design and development effort which could begin in fiscal year 1974. A similar conceptual study is planned to be undertaken in Europe later this spring.”
Above, along with the image (on “page 239”) at/from:
books.google.com/books?id=3F0VAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA238&a...
Credit: Google Books
Note the unmistakable, requisite ‘sales pitch’ tone of the excerpt. Sadly, required within the U.S. political/governmental framework, and a HUGE reason we’re where we are today…disjointed, dysfunctional and behind.
I’m assuming this is what was to become ESA’s “SPACELAB”.
So, the above excerpt (there was way more), the laser beams shooting out of/entering(?) both overhead windows AND Star Trek-like artificial gravity weren’t enough to garner funding?
Seriously though, those are laser beams, right? If so, as part of some sort of altimeter experiment?
Although there is descriptive text on the verso, it’s illegible, and my woeful stock Microsoft Photo editing software doesn’t have the ‘forensic’ capabilities to coax it out. Whatever was written is probably crap anyhow.
Finally, the artist...possibly “H. Nelson", H. Melson", "H. R. Melson"? I've got nothing thus far.
I wanted to make a Team Fortress 2 payload for my figs. I didn't realize it was way out of minifig scale until I placed it next to my sentry. It didn't seem that big when I was building it...
:c
The Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage booster is in the orbiter Atlantis payload bay prior to closure of the doors at T-3 days to launch from pad 39B. Launch of Magellan and Space Shuttle Mission STS-30 was targeted for Friday, April 28, 1989, but was scrubbed at T-31 seconds. After repairs were made the launch happened on May 4, 1989. Magellan entered orbit around Venus on August 10, 1990. During its four years in orbit around Earth's sister planet, the spacecraft has radar-mapped 98 percent of the surface and collected high-resolution gravity data of Venus. The mission came to an end when the probe was commanded to plunge into the planet's dense atmosphere Tuesday, October 11, 1994.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 89PC-0469
Date: April 25, 1989
A heavy space fighter in service with the Rigelian Space Navy. Interchangeable payload compartment allows vehicles to fulfil a variety of roles including planetary bombardment, long range reconnaissance and battlefield logistics.
I wanted to build an asymmetrical ship inspired by the B-Wing from Star Wars. It started out intended to be more of a bounty hunter type ship but kind of drifted to this. I wanted it to be big enough that I could really go to town with a particular style of greebly detailing and I think that came out really well. I also worked a lot on the colour blocking and really like the way the blue sections snake around the ship.
I worked on this for a long time and by the end I’d kind of lost the plot a little. It’s taken me over 6 months to get around to shooting these pics, but looking at them now I feel quite satisfied with the completed model. Maybe I’ll find time to make some different cargo pods and dust down the landing pad I already made for it.
“SPACE SHUTTLE--Cut-away drawing of the orbiter version of the Space Shuttle. Fore-to-aft are the cockpit area, the payload bay, and the section showing plumbing and associated hardware of the engines. The Space Shuttle is a new version of NASA exploration, one that significantly reduces costs of operations.”
Note the wingtip-mounted reaction control system thrusters, one of the Air-Breathing Propulsion System (ABPS) engines (possibly depicted in its deployed configuration), what I think is an Abort Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM) (its partial outline just visible along the other side of the aft fuselage), and the ring-shaped, nose-mounted docking unit forward of the crew module. I think it also has the twin/dual center-line/spine mounted Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arms.
The image of the orbiter was cut out & applied/affixed to this background color. In fact, I’m pretty sure the following linked image bears the original color. Note that they didn’t bother to also cut out the opening/gap around the right landing gear.
It is indeed a pukey color, I can see why they ‘economically” switched it out. And, as you can see, it’s identical, but with vertical stabilizer-mounted reaction control system thrusters:
pbs.twimg.com/media/DogNINCU0AAOKwc?format=jpg&name=l...
Credit: “Humanoid History”/Twitter
Possibly the next design iteration (second image down), from North American Rockwell (as I think my posted photo to be), four months later:
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2020/01/no-flying-brickya...
Credit: David S.F. Portree/”No Shortage of Dreams” blog
The similarity in depictions strongly suggests them to be by the same artist, which, at this time, may well have been Manuel E. Alvarez. Yeah…I’m going with that.
Still later. And I’m still going with Mr. Alvarez:
blog.wanken.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nasa-space-shu...
Credit: “WANKEN” blog
The James Webb Space Telescope, configured for flight, was moved from the cleanroom to the payload preparation facility for fuelling at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 11–12 November 2021.
Webb will be loaded with propellants before being mounted on top of the rocket and then encapsulated by the Ariane 5 fairing.
Webb will be the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. As part of an international collaboration agreement, ESA is providing the telescope’s launch service using the Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Working with partners, ESA was responsible for the development and qualification of Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission and for the procurement of the launch service by Arianespace.
Webb is an international partnership between NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Find out more about Webb in ESA’s launch kit and interactive brochure.
Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG - P Baudon
“SHUTTLE PAYLOAD—A North American Rockwell Space Division artist’s concept of Space Shuttle orbiter having its satellite payload pulled away by a Space Tug, following the delivery of the satellite to Earth orbit. The orbiter, shown with cargo-handling manipulator arms extended, will be able to deliver up to 65,000 pounds of varied payload to orbit. NR is bidding for the NASA contract to build the shuttle craft.”
Thanks to the excellent “SECRET PROJECTS Forum” website, specifically, user flateric’s June 4, 2007 post, the orbiter depicted is “Pre-Phase-C, Configuration E-0401”. As extracted from AIAA paper 78-1469, “Space Shuttle Orbiter Configuration Case History”, presented at the AIAA AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Los Angeles, California, August 21-23, 1978. OUTSTANDING! At (account (recommended) required to resolve):
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/us-space-shuttle-project...
So, for future reference, remember; canted OMS pods, dual spine-stored RMS arms & “flip-out” nose RCS nozzles = NAR Pre-Phase-C, Config. E-0401!
Apparently, the payload being extracted by the space tug is a “propellant module”. See/Read:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720023153/downloads/1972002...
Artist unknown...I can't place the "style" of clouds. Manuel Alvarez?
“SPACE STATION DUAL KEEL CONCEPT --- The design of the Space Station has undergone the first major configuration change prior to the start of Phase B. The artist’s concept here depicts the updated Dual Keel method which retains many of the basic elements of the previously considered Power Tower concept. The primary difference is the move to favor two vertical booms rather than the Power Tower’s single boom. The dual booms provide additional framework for the attachment of other structures. Pressurized modules have also been moved from the lower area of the Power Tower concept to the Center of gravity. This has been done, NASA officials say, to meet the needs of future space station customers for the best microgravity environment attainable. More refinements are expected in the design as the program works toward the Systems Requirements Review in March of 1986.
pg. 47”
Not as much stuff going on as in the preceding(?) stage of construction (linked to below). Although, the twin/opposing solar dynamic power stations have been replaced by two complete solar array pairs; the radiators have been repositioned; a large circular communications(?) antenna has been installed at one end of the dual keels, along with the addition of three more large box-like modules at the other end, and several smaller (both cylindrical & rectangular) experiment packages(?) Interestingly, still only one RMS is visible…again apparently about to grapple something in the payload bay of the orbiter. Lastly, nobody is conducting an EVA.
Possibly/apparently featured on page 47 of one of the myriad documents generated by lots of folks on what the space station could/should/would be capable of, and what it might look like as a result.
Additional images of the construction progress of this proposal & others, at:
www.astronautix.com/d/dualkeelspaestation-1985.html
Credit: Astronautix website
And:
archive.org/details/C-1986-2694
Credit: Internet Archive website
Possibly the work of Ted Brown. Or…actually, Wallace Farr.
“SPACE STATION CONCEPTS as envisioned by General Dynamics. The company’s Convair Division in San Diego, California, has completed studies for NASA to define the mission requirements for a permanent, manned, low Earth-orbit Space Station. Convair has also examined Space Station development missions for servicing space-based transfer vehicles for NASA.”
Boy, does that ever ignore what this is or what's going on here.
The space-based transfer vehicles referenced are Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTV).
Modules “H-1” & “H-2” are of course Habitat Modules, “LM-1” is the Logistics Module and “SL-2” is a Spacelab module. Maybe “SL-1” is the one within the payload bay?
A possible variant of this configuration, accompanied by the following text:
“This General Dynamics/Convair space station concept was intended as a “spacedock” for assembling and servicing large spacecraft in low Earth orbit.”, is at:
www.pmview.com/spaceodysseytwo/station/sld018.htm
Specifically:
sites.google.com/site/spaceodysseytwo/station/ssf84_c.jpg
Both above credit: PMView Pro website
The same image is also within the following enlightening document:
General Dynamics/Convair Division’s “A STUDY OF SPACE STATION NEEDS, ATTRIBUTES & ARCHITECTURAL OPTIONS: final briefing”, NASA-CR-173997, N84-34459, dated 5 April 1983.
Additional pertinent extracts from it:
“Having concluded the initial phase of this Space Station mission requirements study, it seems appropriate to look ahead to the next phase of activities. Some of the major conclusions of our study are reiterated…but as a particular point we would like to focus on one potential approach which could lead to an early, affordable, effective way to start the Space Station program. It is recognized that the approach discussed…which utilizes a “STS platform” is one of many potential schemes which could be developed for this purpose. In this regard, we at General Dynamics have also investigated several schemes, and consider that the approach defined herein warrants further study.
As a first step towards development of the “STS platform” concept, the wings, tail, crew compartment, and the TPS are removed from the Orbiter. The cargo bay is stretched by approximately 30 feet, and a forward control module is added.
A forward fairing for a solar power array, and a wraparound heat exchanger are added to the external tank. Access provisions to the hydrogen tank are added.
The solid rocket boosters remain essentially unchanged from their present configuration.
The above items comprise the basic elements of the “STS platform”.
The STS platform is launched, unmanned, with nearly normal staging of STS elements. During ascent, the fairings that cover the solar power array are jettisoned. The STS platform is finally positioned in its desired orbit. [See my accompanying posting.]
Once on orbit, the cargo bay doors are opened automatically and the platform command module is rotated 90 from its stowed position in the cargo bay to its operating position. With the command module in this position, an Orbiter cargo bay equivalent length remains available for accommodating spacecraft, etc., delivered by the Shuttle.
The external tank remains attached to the platform for later use since it potentially can serve many useful functions as a part of the station. [See my accompanying posting.]
The crew can be installed on the first Orbiter flight to the STS platform. The flight could carry one or two modules, such as habitability module and a logistics module. They would be coupled to ports that exist on the command module. With the crew aboard, we have a permanent Space Station capability achieved in two flights, with an immediate capacity to perform many tasks.
The presence of a cargo bay as part of an early Space Station provides for an easy transition from Orbiter-based activities to Station-based, and may provide the opportunity to conduct important technology development missions with a major shift in approach from Orbiter-based experiments to space-based.
As an example, technology development related to space-based OTV operations from the Station can be carried out with a minimum of change. Since the same relative arrangement is preserved between the Orbiter and the Station in this concept, we have the basis for early experimentation in servicing and perhaps even in carrying out OTV flights from the Space Station.
In this concept, we move progressively from technology development to full operational capability…The original STS platform remains the backbone of the Space Station, nothing becomes obsolete. The cargo bay, for example, having been used initially for technology development missions, is now diverted to other purposes, such as a base for teleoperators.
In summary, we at General Dynamics recognize our mutual need to find the right way to start the Space Station program. We suggest that early and serious consideration be given to the STS platform approach. Finding ways to reduce the cost of achieving a Space Station is the key to success. We see within the STS the technology resource and physical means that can make the initial Space Station possible.”
At:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19840026388/downloads/1984002...
See also:
www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/boldly-going-a-his...
Credit: "alternate history" website
Yet again, as if ALL of the above wasn’t enough – which it should be – it’s by Roy Gjertson!
WHO knew?
Did YOU?
I did NOT.
And…last, but not least:
e05.code.blog/2025/04/09/nasa-cr-173345/
Credit: Garrett O’Donoghue/Station E05 blog
10-seconds: That's the time elapsed between the first & last frames as the #SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket lifts 15,600kg (the heaviest payload for SpaceX thus far) of #Starlink gear to orbit.
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The Vega-C Payload Assembly Composite (PAC) with LARES-2 has been rolled out to the Vega Launch Zone (ZLV) and hoisted onto the Vega-C launch Vehicle on 7 July 2022 at Europe's Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana.
On the wave of Vega’s success, Member States at the ESA Ministerial meeting in December 2014 agreed to develop the more powerful Vega-C to respond to an evolving market and to long-term institutional needs.
Vega-C increases performance from Vega’s current 1.5 t to about 2.2 t in a reference 700 km polar orbit, covering identified European institutional users’ mission needs, with no increase in launch service and operating costs.
The participating states in this development are: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Credits: ESA-Manuel Pedoussaut
The Payload Operations Integration Center at the Huntsville (Alabama) Operations Support Center (HOSC).
Payloads are the science experiments conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) and this center, operated by NASA, directs all of the activities of the astronauts onboard with regard to the experiments and coordinates with scientists on earth.
Actual ISS operations are directed by Mission Control in Houston.
The flags in the light fixtures represent the countries taking part in the ISS.
Sie stand einsam auf dem Flughafen Alicante, Spanien.
Dieser Flugzeugtyp wird als AH-124-100 geführt obwohl auf dem Flugzeug "AH" steht.
Die Antonow An-124 Ruslan (kyrillisch Антонов Ан-124 „Руслан“; NATO-Codename: Condor) wurde Ende der 1970er Jahre vom sowjetischen Konstruktionsbüro Antonow als großes Transportflugzeug für die Streitkräfte konzipiert. Ziel der Entwicklung war ein Flugzeug mit einer hohen Nutzlast. Es wird mittlerweile vorrangig für Charterfrachtflüge verwendet und ist in diesem Segment aufgrund seiner Monopolstellung erfolgreich.
Auszug Wikipedia:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonow_An-124
The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-124 Руслан, lit. 'Ruslan'; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union (USSR). Until the Boeing 747-8F, the An-124 was, for thirty years, the world's heaviest gross weight production cargo airplane and second heaviest operating cargo aircraft, behind the one-off Antonov An-225 Mriya (a greatly enlarged design based on the An-124).[5] The An-124 remains the largest military transport aircraft in current service.[6] The lead designer of the An-124 (and the An-225) was Viktor Tolmachev.
Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-124_Ruslan
El Antónov An-124 Ruslán (en ucraniano: Антонов Ан-124 «Руслан», designación OTAN: Cóndor3) es el cuarto avión más grande actualmente operativo.
Físicamente, el An-124 es similar al Lockheed C-5 Galaxy estadounidense, pero ligeramente mayor. Los An-124 han sido utilizados para transportar locomotoras, yates, fuselajes de aviones y otros tipos de carga de grandes dimensiones. El avión puede inclinarse para facilitar la entrada del cargamento. Un An-124 militar puede llevar hasta 150 t de carga; también puede llevar hasta 88 pasajeros en una cubierta superior detrás de la cabina. Sin embargo, debido a la limitada presurización del fuselaje, raramente transporta a paracaidistas.
Wikipedia:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-124
Bitte respektiere mein Copyright. Keine Verwendung des Fotos ohne meine ausdrückliche Genehmigung.
Please respect my copyright. No use of the photo without my expressly permission.
Por favor, respete mis derechos de autor. Ningún uso de la foto sin mi permiso explícito.
A Delta II rocket launches with the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. NPP is the first NASA satellite mission to address the challenge of acquiring a wide range of land, ocean, and atmospheric measurements for Earth system science while simultaneously preparing to address operational requirements for weather forecasting.
Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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NASA has selected three commercial Moon landing service providers that will deliver science and technology payloads under Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as part of the Artemis program. Each commercial lander will carry NASA-provided payloads that will conduct science investigations and demonstrate advanced technologies on the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the lunar surface by 2024.
The selections are:
• Astrobotic of Pittsburgh has been awarded $79.5 million and has proposed to fly as many as 14 payloads to Lacus Mortis, a large crater on the near side of the Moon, by July 2021.
• Intuitive Machines of Houston has been awarded $77 million. The company has proposed to fly as many as five payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, a scientifically intriguing dark spot on the Moon, by July 2021.
• Orbit Beyond of Edison, New Jersey, has been awarded $97 million and has proposed to fly as many as four payloads to Mare Imbrium, a lava plain in one of the Moon’s craters, by September 2020.
This commercial lander from Astrobotic of Pittsburgh will carry NASA-provided science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the Moon by 2024.
All three of the lander models were on display for the announcement of the companies selected to provide the first lunar landers for the Artemis program, on Friday, May 31, 2019, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Read more: go.nasa.gov/2Ki2mJo
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth
Launch of the Mars mission Viking I payload on Titan III Centaur rocket. The interplanetary cruise phase of the Viking spacecraft lasted 310 days until Mars orbit insertion. The Viking I orbiter high-gain antenna was put into operation November 12, 1975. The high-gain antenna was repositioned daily to keep the radio beams aimed directly at the Earth.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: EL-1996-00220
Date: August 20, 1975