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Node 2 is a European-built module of the International Space Station that serves as utility room, docking port and sleeping quarters. It was built in Italy for NASA and installed on the Space Station in 2007.
In this image Portuguese-born photographer Edgar Martins has shot the exterior of a Node 2 mock-up the Erasmus centre in ESA’s scientific and technical heart at ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. In space the docking ports are used to connect spacecraft such as the Japanese ferry HTV, commercial supply ship Cygnus and NASA’s Space Shuttle before it retired from service.
Edgar Martins collaborated closely with ESA to produce a comprehensive photographic survey of the Agency’s various facilities around the globe, together with those of its international partners.
The striking results are collected in his book entitled The Rehearsal of Space and The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite.
Characteristically empty of people, Martins’ long-exposure photos – taken with analogue wide film cameras – possess a stark, reverent style. They document the variety of specialised installations and equipment needed to prepare missions for space, or to recreate orbital conditions for testing down on Earth.
This artistic collaboration was part of a number of events marking the 50th anniversary of European cooperation in space in 2014.
Credit: Edgar Martins
I took the same picture back in September 2017 and was the first picture in my "Green Estate" series using Lynch's 5 elements of the city descriptors. Since then this play area has been described as being like Chernobyl in the UK National press.
For context behind the wall is the River Cole and the Cole valley, to my right is a fairly new housing estate and a magnificent ancient oak tree that deserves TPO (Tree Protection Order) status (there are no TPOs in North Solihull), and over my left shoulder Bacons End Bridge (a grade 2 listed foot and road bridge from 1764).
This whole area is due to be flattened to provide road access to the Simon Digby field for a new housing estate.
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US Air Force Bombardier E-11A BACN 11-9001 streaks overhead at FL410 on her way to a stop-over in the Med
Out of Bradley ANG base in Conneticut she was using call-sign 'Fang 14'
Similar to our recently retired (and sold) RAF Sentinel R.1 fleet, the E-11A is based on the Global Express airframe. She's one of a handful operated by the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron and was very active during the War in Afghanistan. BACN stands for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node
Last time I saw her was after dark at Mildenhall back in 2012
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As 2019 closes, thoughts of new beginnings stream anew, meandering; encountering obstacles; redirecting. The path forward is unclear, but the water will find the way.
"Node", a 102 ft. tall pubic art sculpture by New York artist Roxy Paine (1966- ) at the Yerba Buena/Moscone MUNI (Municipal Transportation) station in San Francisco, California.
"Node" is the tallest freestanding sculpture in the city. The stainless-steel form reaches upward from a 5 1/2-foot-thick base reminiscent of a tree trunk. From there, it curves as it extends upward gradually tapering until it's just a quarter of an inch thick at its peak. The sculpture was intended to function as a way-finding landmark for the station.
new work for Pulse NY.
you can see it in the Narwhal Art Projects booth.
May 3 - 6, 2012
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These nodes, placed along the upper level platforms, mark where the streets above lie. Each one is lit up in a different color, marking 45th to 48th street with shades of green, blue and purple.
Senior government officials from 15 countries participating in the International Space Station (ISS) signed agreements in Washington D.C. on January 29, 1998, to establish the framework of cooperation among the partners on the design, development, operation and utilization of the Space Station. Acting Secretary of State Strobe Talbott signed the 1998 Intergovernmental Agreement on Space Station Cooperation with representatives of Russia, Japan, Canada, and participating countries of the European Space Agency (ESA), including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Some of these officials then toured KSC's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) with NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, at front, sixth from the left. They are, left to right, front to back: Hidetoshi Murayama, National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA); Louis Laurent, Embassy of France; Haakon Blankenborg, Norwegian Parliament Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs; His Excellency Joris Vos, ambassador of the Netherlands; His Excellency Tom Vraalsen, ambassador of Norway; Daniel Goldin; Luigi Berlinguer, Italian minister for education, scientific, and technological research; Antonio Rodota, director general, European Space Agency (ESA); Yvan Ylieff, Belgian minister of science and chairman of the ESA Ministerial Council; Jacqueline Ylieff; Masaaki Komatsu, KSC local NASDA representative and interpreter; Serge Ivanets, space attache, Embassy of Russia; Hiroshi Fujita, Science and Technology Agency of Japan; Akira Mizutani, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Peter Grognard, science attache, Royal Embassy of Belgium; Michelangelo Pipan, Italian diplomatic counselor to the minister; His Excellency Gerhard Fulda, German Federal Foreign Office; Jorg Feustel-Buechl, ESA director of manned space flight and microgravity; A. Yakovenko, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; JoAnn Morgan, KSC associate director for Advanced Development and Shuttle Upgrades; Steve Francois, director, International Space Station and Shuttle Processing; Roy Tharpe, Boeing launch site manager; Jon Cowart, ISS elements manager; John Schumacher, NASA associate administrator for external relations; Didier Kechemair, space advisor to the French minister for education, research, and technology; Yoshinori Yoshimura, NASDA; and Loren Shriver, KSC deputy director for launch and payload processing. Node 1 of the ISS is in the background.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-98PC-246
Date: January 30, 1998
Liège Guillemins Station is a major node in the European high speed rail network; an indispensable link between London, Paris, Brussels and Germany.
Calatrava's new Liège Guillemins Station links two very distinct areas of Liége, previously divided by the railway tracks, the north side towards the city, a typical run-down 19th century urban area, and the Cointe Hill to the south, a landscaped residential area.
The concept for the design was transparency and an urban dialog with the city. Transparency is translated by the monumental vault, constructed of glass and steel, with its soaring canopies extending 145 meters over the five platforms. The huge glass building replaces the traditional facade and establishes a seamless interaction between the interior of the station and the city.
The station is organized vertically: Towards the Place de la Gare the rail platforms and the access footbridge stack over 3 levels. Towards Cointe Hill, ten meters above, there are five levels; three parking levels, a vehicular access deck linking with the footbridge, and a raised pedestrian walkway.
At the Place de la Gare level, reinforcing the urban streetscape, is a continuous strip of commercial units. Pedestrian bridges and walkways under the tracks allow for fluid communication between the two sides of the station. The grand Passenger Hall and the SNCB ticketing area are located on the main axis.
The project has no facade in the traditional sense, since the interaction between interior and exterior is seamless. The monumental roof becomes, in effect, the project’s facade. To an observer on the hill, the roof reveals something of the inner organization of the station. To an observer within the station, the structural arches of the roof frame the views to the outside. From any vantage point, the sensation of transparency prevails.
Construction area: 49,000 square meters (including roads)
Overall length: 488 meters
Total area of Glass Roof: 33,000 square meters
Completed: 2009
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Hever Castle, near Edenbridge in Kent, began as a country house in 1270.
From 1452-1539 it was owned by the Boleyn family.
When Anne Boleyn’s father died in 1539,
Henry V111 became the owner.
Renowned for its maze, gardens and lakes,
it is in an exquisite rural location.
The building is largely castellated
with turrets and towers and, of course, tall chimneys.
It also has thin, elaborate windows with stone mullions.
It is now a very popular tourist node for visitors
from all over the world, due to its Royal connections.
Adjacent to St. Peter’s Church in Hever village
is the Henry V111 Public House, in shot, dating back to 1597,
a really authentic Tudor Hostelry.
If the International Space Station were a school, this scene in the Unity node would be of the teachers' lounge. Six Expedition 35 crew members take a brief moment away from conducting science in space to "lounge" together. Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency is at right. Clockwise from his position are the five flight engineers -- NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy, and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Roman Romanenko and Pavel Vinogradov.
Image credit: NASA/JSC
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2 years and 500.000 views later.
Certainly this is not my best MOC ever, but I figure nothing better to celebrate than a band of intergalactic musicians, so for this time I will call this one a WIP.
After much debate I decided not to recreate the Mos Eisley Cantina, because many amazing versions are all ready done.
Eventually I want to create the Tour Bus/spaceship for the Band.
Two years ago I posted the first custom Star Wars MOC. (Wookiee Starship).
That was the beginning of an incredible journey thru the Lego Galaxy far away.
I want to say thank you to all the people who posted comments and added so many favorites. Thanks to all the people that just visited my photo stream.
Very special thanks to the people that follow constantly my work and encourage me to keep learning and exploring.
A Mega big thank you to Will Brick for giving so much confidence and support in my early days. I’m honored to have met him.
Thanks to all the web sites that had been posting my work and last but not least, all my love to my biggest fans …my wife and my 9-year-old son. ☺