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iss066e113704 (Jan. 14, 2022) --- Cosmonauts (from left) Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov are pictured in their Russian Orlan spacesuits for a fit check and leak checks a few days before they begin a spacewalk to outfit the Prichal and Nauka modules at the International Space Station.
"Cosmonautical Appurtenance: A Remonstrance Shared Between Breathing (Shitheeling The Demiurge No.1)"
Cyanotype print on the grunting, sexless paper I have recently found so appealing.
Hand-coated with the iron compounds, under powerful arc-lamps, in something resembling an operating theater.
Exposed on the patio, to the sun, for ten minutes through the mostly transparent surface of a collaged digital negative.
Placed into a tub of water and vinegar.
Minor agitation.
Good cop/bad cop routine involving Ammonia and Tannin.
Rapidly oxidized in hydrogen peroxide, because it's cool to see.
And I'm impatient.
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Chardin's further explanations:
Cyanotype on vellum, rather distressed and tiny, hand-coated and sun-exposed through a digital contact negative. Developed in outerspace, using the zero-g effects only found there; ammonia, water, vinegar and tannin-sacs.
iss067e034910 (April 28, 2022) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are pictured attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a seven-hour and 42-minute spacewalk to activate the European robotic arm on the International Space Station.
iss073e0981126 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov is pictured attached to the end effector of the European robotic arm, holding the high-resolution camera (HRC) monoblock he removed during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment. The HRC monoblock is part of a scientific optical telescope system designed to test compact radio-optical detectors for Earth observation, ecological monitoring, and emergency response.
Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos is carried into a medical tent after he and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 (Kazakh time). Kelly and Kornienko completed an International Space Station record year-long mission to collect valuable data on the effect of long duration weightlessness on the human body that will be used to formulate a human mission to Mars. Volkov returned after spending six months on the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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iss068e031231 (Dec. 20, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina and International Space Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev, both from Roscosmos, are pictured working together inside the Zvezda service module.
Okay guys, the figs are pretty much done. I've also build the Lunar Lander platform, but it's too small, so I'll have to build it twice as big.
Still, here are a few questions:
1) Should I make more zombies? (if yes, why?)
2) I'm getting a red raygun from ZeroVelicity, but I still need one. Does anybody want to trade one?
3) What do you guys think of the lander? Could it be improved? (if yes, how?)
"..and as I walked the paths between the monolithic shards, I felt a cold wisp sweep through me. The Ghost of Man; the souls of millions of humans. All laying cold and dead for thousands of years - undisturbed."
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ATI Cosmonaut Mark V ‘HERA’ (High Energy Rail Accelerator)
The HERA is a compact high-grade energy weapon designed by Agroprom Technology Institute (ATI).
The first concepts for the weapon were fashioned in the late 2020s, for use by special insertion squads during the rise of energy weaponry. However, the concepts did not pass prototype stage after numerous cases of weapons melting or burning during use, and were soon buried. The prototypes and concepts were uncovered in the late 2050s as soon as demands for a space-based weapon rose, and the materials required for withstanding such high levels of heat became available for mass production. A new prototype was fashioned using the same initial designs, while adding design changes allowing for use by a human in a spacesuit. The internals were also modified to incorporate advances in material technologies. The weapon is manufactured and sold in small quantities due to its limited use in exoatmospheric conditions and high relative cost of the materials and techniques used in its manufacture.
The HERA platform is a linear accelerator which utilizes two electromagnetically charged rails (silver-lined molybdenum-steel alloy) to propel a ‘pulse’ of superheated ionized plasma towards the target by forming a powerful magnetic field along the length of the weapon’s acceleration chamber, expelling the projectile at high velocity. The design produces high velocity coherent projectiles capable of burning through spacesuits and disintegrating soft targets such as human flesh, while dissipating upon contact with solid assets such as spacecraft hulls, leaving them largely undamaged. The system has been noted to pose a slight risk of fire when used around ships with a high-oxygen internal environment.
The weapon is constructed of a lightweight heat-dissipating titanium alloy frame combined with a carbon-fiber reinforced thermoplastic shell. The frame is designed to effectively disperse the large amount of waste heat generated with each discharge. This passive design aspect is augmented by a liquid nitrogen based coolant system which runs parallel to the surface of the propulsion rails and laser-drive chamber, preventing overheating during sustained fire. Even with these design features, the weapon is still prone to overheating (automatically shutting down the weapon for five seconds, after approximately 30 discharge cycles at 900 RPM) through prolonged firing.
While there is very little recoil from the accelerator compared to contemporary solid projectile platforms there remains a low level of effective recoil force produced, which can cause an operator to lose control of their rotational velocity while firing the weapon. A series of synthetic viscoelastic urethane polymer shock dampening buffers are placed within the internal skeleton of the stock portion, used to absorb the remaining recoil impulse. Operators using the weapon are often required to rely entirely on visual feedback to know that their weapon has fired due to the near-complete dissipation of recoil energy. Some users note minor heat buildup in the weapon’s grip during extended operation, however when operating the system from within a spacesuit there is no tangible discomfort.
As a plasma accelerator, the HERA platform is inherently suited for operation in a vacuum, but has also shown extensive capacity for atmospheric use, though the weapon’s effective range in atmospheric conditions is significantly reduced due to air resistance and other factors.
While there are many better alternatives for the weapon on ground, it has a number of advantages in space combat.
Unlike a traditional weapon, which requires heavy, high-volume ammunition, the HERA utilizes compact plasma canisters - as the ammunition is fluid, it does not waste any space and takes the shape of it’s container.
Secondly, the HERA can fire continuously at 900 RPM until the magazine is exhausted with only 5 second intervals every 30 rounds for cooling.
Third, and most importantly, the projectile is extraordinarily fast, clocking in at 5100 meters per second muzzle velocity - around 5 times faster than a traditional automatic rifle. This feature is useful in outer space due to the vaster distances without cover.
Fourth, it cannot puncture holes through thick material such as walls, but easily burns through suits or clothing, making it safe for use aboard a space station. The use of traditional projectile weapons aboard spacecraft is highly dangerous, as stray projectiles could cause severe damage or decompression by penetrating exterior hull sections, endangering all individuals present.
Components:
Bobson Synthetics Group DPF Capsule
The condensed ionized plasma fired by the weapon is stored in capsules mounted to the sides of the platform’s body, providing high storage capacity. Each DPF capsule is a dual-purpose binary magazine containing a plasma fluid matrix and a nitrogen cooling chamber. When reloading the weapon an operator can remove only those capsules which have been fully depleted, increasing adaptability in combat situations.
Polyrhythm Corporation Laser-Drive Chamber
Located beneath the primary firing chamber of the weapon, the Polyrhythm L-DC is a small, highly heat resistant chamber connected to the weapon’s plasma delivery conduit directly prior to the primary firing chamber. The L-DC uses a high-energy laser diode to heat the channeled plasmoid to an incredibly high temperature, expanding it and forcing it into the primary firing chamber, where the plasmoid is accelerated.
A Polyrhythm Arcjet was placed into the earlier models of the weapon, rather than a laser diode. These are much bulkier as they also carry a large canister of hydrazine, but are known for possessing a longer lifespan due to the sturdier construction of the chamber.
Steinbek Compulsator
The Steinbek ‘Compensated Pulsed Alternator’ is a small device used for storing power for use by the railgun. It is basically a series of flywheel devices sealed in a tube constructed of a shock absorbing carbon-steel composite. The flywheel devices consist of a carbon-fiber composite rotor surrounded by magnetic bearings and a counterweight stabilizer. The Compulsator is designed to fire it’s energy in pulses rather than steadily, perfect for an energy intensive device such as a railgun.
Unlike a battery, the Compulsator can last ages longer than a battery, operates with equal efficiency in any environment and temperature, and suffers no chemical failure. The device can be fully recharged within minutes.
The earliest models of the weapon utilized a Steinbek RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator) in place of a compulsator. These models are much more dangerous as what they use are essentially atomic batteries, utilizing Plutonium-238 - while shielding requirements are low or nonexistent, the systems can be unpredictable with the massively fluctuating energy levels of a railgun. However, with sufficient protection, these weapons are much more reliable and can take much more of a beating - but be careful. When you see the blinking red light on your HUD, throw your gun as far away from you as you can and float for your life - an RTG doesn’t fail often, but when one does, it fails with a moderately sized explosion.
Sony HRA445B Lithium-Polymer Batteries
Two mass manufactured Sony Lithium-Polymer batteries located in the stock power passive electronic systems such as sights, HUD, stabilization computer and temperature regulation and detection computer. These are recharged within seconds of being plugged into a station, but cannot power the railgun.
The optic is a sturdy Agroprom camera-sight.
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Credit: Woitek for the trigger
Did some editing to add the SB on the compulsator and the large logo at the bottom
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA poses for pictures May 27 before boarding a Soyuz simulator for final qualification exams. Rubins, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station.
NASA/Stephanie Stoll
iss068e022721 (Nov. 17, 2022) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin conduct a six-hour and 25-minute spacewalk in their Orlan spacesuits to transfer a radiator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for future installation. The duo is pictured tethered to the Rassvet module with the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship docked at top.
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iss068e045306 (Feb. 2, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina works on preventive maintenance inside the Zvezda service module's ventilation subsystem aboard the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos
iss065e093418 (May 28, 2021) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (left) and Pyotr Dubrov are pictured in their Russian Orlan spacesuits for tests a few days ahead of a spacewalk they conducted on June 2, 2021.
iss056e142981 (Aug. 15, 2018) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev lays cable for the installation of the Icarus animal-tracking experiment on the Zvezda service module during a spacewalk that lasted 7 hours 46 minutes. Fellow cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (out of frame) joined Prokopyev during the spacewalk which also saw the deployment of four nano-satellites and the retrieval of a materials exposure experiment on the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
iss065e154540 (June 30, 2021) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts and Expedition 65 Flight Engineers (from left) Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy participate in a Russian public affairs event inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module.
iss069e031967 (July 15, 2023) --- From left, Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg of NASA each contemplate their next move during an orbital game of chess inside the International Space Station's cupola. The orbital lab was soaring 259 miles above the Colombia-Venezuela border at the time of this photograph.
iss073e0988292 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured in his Orlan spacesuit conducting a spacewalk 271 miles above Earth. During the the spacewalk, Zubritsky installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.
From picture in Sciences & Technologies Museum of Milan and
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iss073e0881198 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritsky is pictured during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk on the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment 265 miles above Earth. Zubritsky helped install a semiconductor materials experiment, remove a high-resolution camera monoblock, clean a window on the Zvezda service module, and remove a materials exposure experiment container.
iss068e045305 (Feb. 2, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Commander Sergey Prokopyev replaces orbital plumbing components inside the Zvezda service module's toilet system aboard the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos
This composite image, made from six frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of five onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, from Fredericksburg, Va. Onboard are Expedition 63 NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Thanks for the awesome figure! Short & Plastic
This figure was a fun challenge to shoot; I tried many ways, angles, and lighting to get the details to show in the skull. Being translucent, it took two color lights to give some contrast between edges and such.
I used some metallic bubble wrap in a cone shape to get the reflection and colors to envelope the space.
Gear used:
Fujifilm XE4
Venus Laowa 60mm f2.8 dreamer macro
Litra Torches (2) with a blue & red filter
Crystal skull astronaut
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Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir space station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 — 437 days later — setting the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an individual.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS063-711-080
Date: February 6, 1995
iss073e0881098 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritsky (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (right) are pictured during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment. The duo installed a semiconductor materials experiment, removed a high-resolution camera monoblock, cleaned a window on the Zvezda service module, and removed a materials exposure experiment container.