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Possibly my favorite figure of 2016 right here. A factory made prototype Boba Fett like the one originally pictured by Kenner. And yes, the rocket really fires ;)
When you're exploring icy worlds at cryogenic temperatures, skis can often be more effective than wheels or treads. This little rocket-propelled skidoo is perfect for those times when you need to go fast at ground level and have a lot of room to slow down. Like the ice flats of planet Krysto.
FebRovery episode 10. Double digits at last; I've been singularly uninspired this year and haven't managed to keep up my normal amount of rovers. Ah well, there's always next year!
Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built in Newcastle at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829.
A common misconception is that Rocket was the first steam locomotive. In fact the first steam locomotive to run on tracks was built by Richard Trevithick 25 years earlier, but his designs were not developed beyond the experimental stage. Then followed the first commercially-successful twin-cylinder steam locomotives built by Matthew Murray in Holbeck for the Middleton Railway between Middleton and Leeds, West Yorkshire. George Stephenson, as well as a number of other engineers, had built steam locomotives before. Rocket was in some ways an evolution, not a revolution.
Rocket's claim to fame is that it was the first 'modern' locomotive, introducing several innovations that have been used on almost every steam locomotive built since. There have been differences in opinion on whom should be given the credit for designing Rocket. George Stephenson had designed several locomotives before but none as advanced as Rocket. At the time that Rocket was being designed and built at the Forth Banks Works, he was living in Liverpool overseeing the building of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. His son Robert had recently returned from a stint working in South America and resumed as managing director of Robert Stephenson and Company. He was in daily charge of designing and constructing the new locomotive. Although he was in frequent contact with his father in Liverpool and probably received advice from him, it is difficult not to give the majority of the credit for the design to Robert.
In 1862 Rocket was donated to the Patent Office Museum in London by the Thompsons of Milton Hall, near Brampton, in Cumbria. The locomotive is now exhibited (above) at the Science Museum in London in much-modified form compared to its original state. Such are the changes in the engine from 1829 that The Engineer magazine, c.1884, concluded that "it seems to us indisputable that the Rocket of 1829 and 1830 were totally different engines".
There's plenty of further info on the Rocket's engineering on multiple websites.
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Monday, May 21, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver approximately 7,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
I went camping for five days, only to come home to this little guy in my backyard. We named the adolescent Raccoon, Rocket.
Giraffe image by pareeerica other Images by NASA
Textures by Skeletal Mess
This image is part of the NASA Remix Project
“He called me vermin! She called me rodent! Let’s see if you can laugh after five or six good shots in your freakin’ face!” ~ Rocket Raccoon
My hand-painted Rocket Dog boots, they must be about three years old but I've never worn them as they are too tight. 😒
ANSH 125 (2) footwear
Weekly Alphabet Challenge 'immaculate' theme. 35/52
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft arrives at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, Saturday, September 26, 2020, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 14th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 8,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The CRS-14 Cygnus spacecraft is named after the first female astronaut of Indian descent, Kalpana Chawla, and is scheduled to launch at 9:38 p.m., Thursday, October 1, 2020 EDT.
Photo Credit: (NASA/Terry Zaperach)
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The National Space Centre, Leicester. England.
A great bit of theatre that everybody enjoys. It is of course not a real rocket but a cleverly crafted smoke and lighting illusion with sound.
My second visit to this ghost bike. The last time was in July 2022. Since that time, it has been replaced with another bicycle and the photo of Kyle added.
Warren, Michigan
The shape of this "Friends" handle bar reminded me of those old jet packs from the late 70's, and the fly-ins that were done at American football games. Thought they were sooooo cool, and had one of my wish-list as a kid for some time.
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This is build 27 of 52 for my "8x8x52" vignette project
While I was prepping my rocket and trying to watch the fun launches, David's rotary flamethrower roared right off the pad. Wow. (Best viewed large - click on photo)
Dale caught the action. Here’s a great slo mo video.
Launch sequence photos below.
One playground structure I've not seen before is a rocket ship. This one is nice and seemingly new. From this angle I feel like I'm about to walk onto the gantry for Apollo 11.
Ships of Red Rocket Spaceline were once a common sight. They were famous for their speedy cargo flights along the outer spiral arms of the galactic disc. The ships' high velocity easily let them outrun pirates when carrying high-value cargoes, such as minfig hands for the greebles trade.
Sadly Red Rocket Spacelines went broke after a notorious contraband case, 247 years ago. The company became involved in carrying cargoes of unregistered minfig limbs and small, exotic birds. Red Rocket became notorious dealers in illegal arms and infamous budgie smugglers. Galactic Customs & Excise investigated them and prosecution followed.
A view of the Alabama Space and Rocket Center as a storm was moving in. Taken using a lightning trigger on my Canon 5D Mark III and a 24-70 f/2.8L. Processed using Lightroom for initial RAW for contrast and color tweaks and then using Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail to enhance the drama in the sky.
NBA's Houston Rockets have flown into town to play the Memphis Grizzlies. Their 767, N625HR, is parked on the Wilson Air Center ramp at MEM. This aircraft was originally delivered to United Airlines as N650UA in 1992.
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962 when he launched in his Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft on an Atlas rocket,
From this angle the beautifully proportioned Chrysler building looks like a giant space rocket poised for lift-off from its midtown Manhattan launch pad.
This morning its upper storeys were illuminated by strong dawn sunlight.
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Dames Rockets wildflowers adorn a small meadow every Spring at Spitler Knoll Overlook in the central district of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
The wind was pretty steady and I struggled to get one keeper shot before the morning sun came over the hill. The wind always seems to blow on my days off work. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the wind? :-)
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"The oil lens was focused on a starship lighter exposed by dawn in the basin below them. The tall eastern face of the ship glistened in the flat light of the sun, but the shadow side still showed yellow portholes from glowglobes of the night."
-from Dune, when Paul and the Fremen see the Padishah Emperor has arrived
That little description always got me thinking about some kind of 50s-style rocket that landed upright. In the years since I first read it, I've come to realize that I'm probably wrong (I didn't understand that the Thufir Hawat at the end is the same guy in the beginning until my second read), but I still loved the idea of a big rocket that just plops down on planets. You'd need some serious anti-gravity to do it, but hey, rule of cool.
Long story short, I've always been into the style, so this is the latest evolution of Awe's quasi-retro rocket series. The real thing wouldn't sit on its thrusters like that, but whatever.
Glass of red wine at Rocket Bar, on 7th Street NW in downtown Washington DC, with pool table in the background. Flickr Explore, December 8, 2008.
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