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One space lab, five spacecraft, 10 years of success. Nearly a decade ago, the Columbus laboratory set sail for humanity’s new world in space.
Shortly afterwards, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) arrived at the International Space Station as the most reliable and complex spacecraft ever built in Europe.
The event was a unique opportunity to re-live some exciting milestones, connect live to the Station and look into space exploration plans.
The larger Columbus family of planners, builders, scientists, support teams and astronauts gathered in ESTEC, the Netherlands on February 7 2018 to celebrate the past, present and future of Europe’s major contributions to the Station.
Copyright: ESA
Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, aggregating more spaceflights than any other spacecraft as of December 2024. The Space Shuttle launch vehicle had three main components: the Space Shuttle orbiter, a single-use central fuel tank, and two reusable solid rocket boosters. Nearly 25,000 heat-resistant tiles cover the orbiter to protect it from high temperatures on re-entry.
'Space for Inspiration' is an international conference organised by the European Space Agency for everyone curious about space exploration and why it matters. The second edition's theme -is ‘Living in our universe’.
Credits: ESA–A. Brancaccio
Breathing Space, playing at the Boardwalk, Sheffield on 3 Feb 2007. The band stepped in at very short notice when Stream of Passion were unable to make the gig due to problems with the Immigration services!
Space shuttle Endeavour, Los Angeles California. Mission 26 on its way to the California Science Center on Friday Oct 12th 2012
Space stations are the lifeblood of galactic trade and commerce and as such, construction and defence of them is considered of singular importance to all spacefaring races. Ranging from small orbital boarding stations to remote fueling stops to solar system defence platform all the way to gargantuan, self-sustaining "colony" stations, the variety of Space stations is matched only perphaps by those ships and people they service. Among these myriad of structures, the Jupiter-class is by far the largest and most productive, able to service up to four class 10 ships and twenty class 4's at once, along with dozens of smaller classes.
Midway Station, however, is truly a giant among giants. The single largest human-built space construct, it is an updated Jupiyer-class with improved environmental controls, increased cargo capacity, larger ore refineries and enhanced shielding capacity. The Sol System Union is justifiably proud of this immense undertaking.
Situated on a quadripoint border of space between the Sol Union, Vatraxian Collective, Independent Systems Alliance, and the Planeto Corporation, Midway not only serves as the single largest trade hub in the galaxy, but also a strategic jumping-off point. Consequently, there has been almost as much fighting as trading in what is known as the "Quadpoint". The station, along with many other smaller satellite stations from various other races and groups, orbits a red dwarf star. Quad-point is unique as an important system which otherwise has very few resources of its own. There are three ice moons, one gas giant and a barren super-planet sourrounded by an immense asteroid field yielding low-quality ore.
The Vatraxian Revolution nearly caused the destruction of the station when radicals snuck a nuke onto it, but in a rare example of beauracratic incompetence leading to positive results, the container holding the bomb was accidentally labelled as waste and ejected into the sun.
Sector 47 of Midway is still undergoing decontamination procedures even five years after the Clochian rat outbreak of 2346. Progress is said to be made, although the latest estimates for full decontamination have recently been moved ahead two years.
'"Sentients are warned to avoid Section 8, as this is a restricted region. Please head to Section 54 for borders and customs services. You are required to declare any hazardous materials as defined by inter-galactic law # 33467 that you or your vessel may be transporting. Code 4 In Section 79, level 2. Peace Officers respond."'
-Samples of announcements made aboard Midway station in a 6-second period on August 9th, 2356.
hi, i'm trooper soon to get married to GI GI on the beach-our mom doesnt want us to just live in sin-HA- i have a wonderful fiancee= the ONLY thing she does wroing is she is a THEIF-our mom gives us treats, gi gi takes hers and hides it and comes to get mine-
but i'm a wise young man- i learned to eat mine fast, then i use my talented nose to find hers so i get her treat too=
maybe someday she will learn=but i hope she dont=she thinks she can eat hers and steal mine=but NOPE if my mom isnt home she gets NONE and i get two! (shhhh dont tell) i'm a handsome loving guy=got one white eye and one black eye=(NOPE my mom didnt hit me and give a black eye=
i have the BEST mom in the world-except she HAS to learn we are not REAL kids, we are dogs so we are not well behaved, we will jump up on you to get a kiss, my mom wont crate train us she KNOWS she should, she is too soft hearted so we still go potty in the house but most of the time we do go on our puppy pee pads=i wish my mom had NOT got my balls cut off last week, i'm just like a real man, i have sexual desires=but my mom is single and NEVER finds a good man- so she told us if SHE cant get any sex- we cant either-HOW DARE HER! i really have tried to get some, now i NEVER will-
thats the ONLY thing i dont like what my ma ma did to me=but she says it will calm me down and prevent my testicals from getting cancer-i'm trying to understand her-and forgive her -
isnt my fiance GI GI the most beautful girl you ever saw-we need dog lovers and other dogs to come to our wedding on the beach and reception after- and so far i have NO best man to stand up for me and GI GI has no brides maid either=so come on=to sarasota and
celebrate our wedding- CELEBRATE- that makes me t hink of CELEBATE- i did NOT want to live a life being celabate=and neighter did GI GI- guess we will just eat peanut butter and play hide n seek on our honeymoon= but i sure would like to have 'consumated the marriage-that would be LOTS better than peanut butter- i LOVE peanut butter-
we would love to have a dad,but my mom never meets a good man, she's getting old 55yr old, but she is HOT and funny and has a BIG loving heart=
she gives us toilet paper to shred so she can use the pottty without us HAVING to be with her every second- anyone relate- we just love her=GI GI sleeps with her head on moms neck- i sleep on top of my moms pillow above her head-and WE ALL love it that way-
see my moms pretty toes-i ike to lick them and chew her hair, she is a great mom-rubs my belly and ears i get so relaxed i just fall over and go to sleep=
but i have to work on forgiving her for cutting my balls off- i KNOW i would have loved SEX-but i'm still humping my
big teddy bear=at least it doesnt bite me and tear me up like GI GI does (my fiancee) i barked and barked trying to tell my mom DONT have my nuts cut off
she would have humped my teddy bear like i do=But nope she said if she cant find a good man and get sex= me and gi gi cant either- she forgives me when i dont go potty on my pee pads or outside so i am still trying to forgive her for having my balls cut off= and GI GI she got fixed the same day- and we do NOT like the big collars around our necks we have to wear so we wont lick our stitches= we are DOGS- we lick wounds to make it better= why dont you people understand that! i will NEVER have the pleasure of REALLY getting laid ever in my life-if you feel sorry for me bring me some peanut butter, a squeaky toy or take me for a walk- and let me give you kisses after yu rub my tummy- i LOVE that!! but i know i would like sex better-BAD MA MA
cut my balls off= GOD will judge her for that one= ha!
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The first Space Shuttle orbiter, Enterprise is a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and tests on the ground. Officially designated Orbiter Vehicle 101 (OV-101), Enterprise is not equipped for spaceflight. It has no propulsion systems and only simulated thermal tiles.
In 1977 Enterprise completed approach and landing tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California: It was flown atop a Boeing 747 carrier airplane and also released for piloted descents to check out its systems and performance. It later underwent launch vibration tests and fit checks at other NASA centers. Although Enterprise never flew in space, it introduced a new era in space transportation and was the flagship for a fleet of reusable shuttles. The Smithsonian acquired Enterprise in 1985.
This is a Star Wars Space Junker. It is the ship that comes in after the Separtist and the Republic get done fighting and salvige the battle.
After 20 years in service and distance traveled of 122 million miles, Space Shuttle Endeavour flying for the last time. Truly a bittersweet moment
ZEN MAGNETS - Neodymium Magnetic Balls (@432) - Space Cruiser Korellus
Testing out the new weapons system on an approaching earth menace ... an asteroid the size of Texas about to enter the atmosphere ... particle weapon vaporization test complete ... danger averted !
Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW8eI2anaKM
Lighting Effects: Multi-color LED flashlight and red and green lasers ... all shots done in camera ... meaning no post -processing done on the shots.
This 2-Set design was fashioned using a central parallel rigid stick method with layering and adding details projecting outward from the center ... building up layers and shapes with smaller additions using pinch and slide into place techniques and on the fly symmetric sculpting. This baby will be hard to duplicate and tear down since I didn't document the build steps as I went. Sorry, no tutorial. Perhaps I could make some build steps in the future.
The 432 magnet limit proved to be a challenge to get enough distinctive definition in the overall shape. This craft was designed on-the-fly, without any reference material to go by.
Slight variation from the previous shots: the two squares on the rear body section between the fin sections are rotated to straight instead of diagonal.
This was created for the Zen Magnets Contest 18: Two Set Spaceship ...