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The Anna, replica of the 19-foot launch of HMS Chatham, sits in the workshop at The Center for Wooden Boats of the Columbia Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon.
Built in Portland in the 1970s from lines researched by Greg Foster of Galiano Island, B.C., and supervised by Sam Johnson at the Oregon Historical Society Museum, Anna has long been on loan from OHS.
Though the exhibit label celebrates her as a restored, sailing craft, here she rests mid-repair — a reminder that wooden boats demand continual care, even after much dedicated volunteer work. The original Chatham launch, along with her companion craft from the Discovery, was among the workhorses of George Vancouver’s 1790s exploration of the Northwest Coast, ferrying crews, provisions, and survey gear through inlets and fjords to chart new waters.
Today, the tools, plans, and quiet persistence of this shop evoke both the endurance of maritime heritage and the unfinished, ongoing nature of preservation.
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The museum's text reads:
Chatham Launch Anna
This is a replica of the 19’ launch of the 65’ British ship Chatham. The Chatham, which carried three small craft, and the ship Discovery, both under the command of Capt. George Vancouver, explored and charted the Northwest between 1792 and 1796. The small boats of the Discovery and the Chatham were the workhorses of the exploration. While the mother vessels were at anchor, the boats were loaded with enough food and camping gear for more than a week and set forth under oar and sail among the islands, inlets and fjords to gather the field data to produce the charts.
The lines of Anna were researched and drawn by Greg Foster of Galiano Island, B.C. Anna was built by volunteers, under the supervision of Sam Johnson, at the Oregon Historical Society Museum in Portland, Oregon.
In 1997, Anna came to The Center for Wooden Boats to be restored by our dedicated volunteers. Many of those who worked on her restoration now sail and row Anna.
Anna is on long-term loan from the Oregon Historical Society.
The term “launch” in the maritime sense has a distinct etymology that sets it apart from the everyday verb to launch (“to throw forward, set in motion”).
Origins
From Spanish / Portuguese: The nautical noun launch comes into English in the late 16th–early 17th century via Spanish lancha (“barge, boat”) and Portuguese lancha, itself borrowed from Malay láñčha or lancaran (“a type of swift boat, galley”). These terms were encountered during Iberian contact with Southeast Asia and India.
Adoption into English: English sailors, particularly through Anglo-Portuguese naval alliances, adopted launch as a term for a large open boat carried by a ship for use in harbor work, landing, or carrying stores and crew ashore. By the 17th century, launch in English specifically meant the largest of a ship’s boats.
Distinction from “launch” (verb)
The verb launch (Middle English launchen, lauchen = “to hurl, fling, cast off”) is unrelated in origin, coming from Old French lancier (“to throw a lance”), from Latin lanceare ← lancea (“a spear”).
The noun launch (a type of boat) therefore comes from a completely different root, despite converging in spelling.
Usage in the Chatham context
When the 1790s Chatham carried a launch, the word referred to the largest boat carried aboard — larger than the pinnace, cutter, or jolly boat. It was sturdy, broad-beamed, and capable of carrying heavy loads (men, supplies, even small anchors), propelled by both oars and sails.
So, in this photo and label, “launch” directly evokes that tradition: a heavily built, multipurpose ship’s boat, not the act of setting something in motion.
This text is a collaboration with Chat GPT.
ESA’s new small telecom platform was launched on 28 January 2017. The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite, based on the SmallGEO platform, lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
SmallGEO is Europe’s response to the market demand for more flexible, modular telecommunications platforms. It marks the first time the German satellite manufacturing company OHB System AG have been the prime contractor for a telecommunications satellite mission. Its Hispasat payload marks the first ESA partnership with a Spanish operator.
Read more: SmallGEO's first flight reaches orbit
Credit: ESA-Stephane Corvaja, 2017
This is a WIP of the light variant of the 'Brutus' launcher. This variant has a smaller 7-round drum. and a magwell adapter with 20-round magazine.
THINGS YET TO DO:
AIM Scope
small details
Bipod
Waited for this moment for a long time and here it is now. Launching my own website and keeping it in front of you all - whom I've been following and admiring. Your feedback towards the website will help me improve my work and my content. And like always - thanks for your useful suggestions and feedback.
After practicing photography for a while now i've finally launched a website of my work of the past two years:
You can visit it here at:
Hope you enjoy!
Interesting the bird did not turn around in the hollow (which was not very deep) to exit. Instead it backed out a little and then sprung itself with it's legs out and turned in mid air.
(Peter)
A "fish-eye" lens was used to afford this unique view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Liftoff for STS-72 occurred at 4:41: a.m. (EST), January 11, 1996. Onboard the spacecraft were astronauts Brian Duffy, commander; Brent W. Jett, pilot; along with Daniel T. Barry, Leroy Chiao, Winston E. Scott and Koichi Wakata, all mission specialists.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS072-S-003
Date: January 11, 1996
1 set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water : the town's lifeboat was launched to rescue the fishermen. • set (a newly built ship or boat) afloat for the first time, typically as part of an official ceremony : King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden launched a huge new warship. • send (a missile, satellite, or spacecraft) on its course or into orbit : they launched two Scud missiles. • [ trans. ] hurl (something) forcefully : she launched a tortoiseshell comb. • [with adverbial of direction ] ( launch oneself) (of a person) make a sudden energetic movement : I launched myself out of bed. • utter (criticism or a threat) vehemently : scores of customers launched a volley of complaints.
2 start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise) : she was launching a campaign against ugly architecture. • introduce (a new product or publication) to the public for the first time : the company has launched a software package specifically for the legal sector.
"I said lunch, not launch!"
We had a terrific and very fun launch evening for Justin Davies, and his wonderful new children's novel, Haarville. We had a lot of very happy young readers in attendance who enjoyed the evening, plus a special cake too (what event is not improved by adding cake???). Justin also told the audience about some of his inspirations, including how some of the small coastal towns around Fife influenced his descriptions of his imaginary town, Haarville. You can follow Justin on his Twitter - twitter.com/flyingscribbler
La mission se termine et ça a été un vrai plaisir de la partager, à travers mes photos de la Terre ou de notre quotidien à bord, avec celles et ceux qui étaient intéressés ou qui voulaient découvrir le monde des missions spatiales. J’aurais adoré, enfant, pouvoir suivre ce genre d’aventure de près, comme le prouve la photo ci-jointe : je salue de la main ma famille qui vient de m’accompagner sur le pas de tir, bien harnaché dans ma fusée alors que je m’apprête visiblement à décoller vers des galaxies lointaines (mon frère, pas plus impressionné que ça, a décidé de se poser tranquille dans le premier étage du lanceur).
Hey it’s almost time to go home: I have enjoyed very much capturing imagery of Earth, and of our journey up here, and I have been happy to share the mission with whoever was interested. I remember being fascinated by space as a kid: proof attached as I’m waving goodbye to my family from the launchpad, already strapped on the rocket and ready for launch (my brother, not impressed, decided to ride inside the first stage 😂).
Credits: Pesquet
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A more substantial probe launch and tracking platform...
Rover on tracks and 2 persons wide (just), with a tracking array, and space for different probes that can be launched with a rocket. And a rocket trailer that doubles as launch platform.
Not perfect yet, but I was in a bit of a hurry to get this done in celebration of the real Black Hole picture presented today (April 4 2019).
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s tenth Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite.
I am very behind on posting MOCs. :P I built this pad for BrickCon 2019 after building the rocket last fall.
ex Royal Saudi Air Force English Electric (BAC) Lightning F.53 53-675 outside the BAE facility at Rochester Airport back in 2004.
Marked as ZF581 and painted in spurious No.56 'Firebird' Squadron markings she was part of the 'buy-back' deal BAe made with Saudi Arabia when they purchased the Panavia Tornado.
The remaining RSAF fleet of twenty plus operational Lightnings were allocated British military serials and flown back 'en masse' to BAe Warton where potential buyers were sought, but when a possible deal with Austria fell through they were all dismantled, crated and sold on.
Most then ended up in a scrap yard in Portsmouth, gradually re-surfacing as film props, museum pieces and gate guards.
This fine looking example was displayed there for a number of years before eventually being sold by BAE
Dismantled in 2011
www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/5688396396/in/photolis...
she was moved to Bentwaters in Suffolk
Scanned 35mm transparency.
Beadnell bay harbour launch service.
1970s Fordsum tractor helps get your craft from the car park into the sea.
Beadnell is the only west facing bay on the north east coast of England and is very busy with every type of water sport. At low tide all 7 miles of the bay and beach and dunes can be walked south to dunstanburgh castle.
Rocket & Launch area made for the display "Space Panic" at the french convention Brick à Dole 2017.
Rocket in the spirit of "Neo Classic Space"
A display on the theme of space without rocket is not a real space display ^^
A close-up camera view shows Space Shuttle Columbia as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on mission STS-107. Following a flawless and uneventful countdown, liftoff occurred on-time at 10:39 a.m. EST. The 16-day research mission included FREESTAR (Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research) and the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), known as SPACEHAB. Experiments on the module ranged from material sciences to life sciences. Landing of Columbia was scheduled for Saturday, February 1, but due to damage to the thermal protection system Columbia was destroyed and the crew was lost on reentry.
The mission was the first Shuttle mission of 2003, the 28th and final flight of the orbiter Columbia and the 113th flight overall in NASA's Space Shuttle program.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-03PP-0142
Date: January 16, 2003
A rig for transporting small ships around a launch facility.
Extra day in FebRovery? Time for an extra rover!
nhq201610190016 (10/19/2016) --- The Soyuz MS-02 rocket is launched with Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Kimbrough, and Borisenko will spend the next four months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky
Just launched 2 Cubesats from the International Space Station for research
More info: lasp.colorado.edu/home/minxss/
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Making the most of a warm evening at Godrevy, not too much wind - but enough for this family to get their stunt kite up without too much work.