Ракета-носитель «Восток» занимает особое место в истории отечественной космической программы, ведь именно этот аппарат 12 апреля 1961 года вывел на околоземную орбиту «Восток-1», на котором Юрий Гагарин совершил первый в истории Земли пилотируемый полет в космическое пространство.

Макет ракеты-носителя «Восток» был установлен на ВДНХ 8 июля 1967 года — в честь 50-летия со дня Великой Октябрьской социалистической революции...............................The Vostok launch vehicle occupies a special place in the history of the Russian space program, because it was this device that launched Vostok-1 into near-Earth orbit on April 12, 1961, on which Yuri Gagarin made the first manned flight into outer space in the history of the Earth.

A mock-up of the Vostok launch vehicle was installed at VDNH on July 8, 1967 — in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.

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Flit risks a spacewalk to show you where she lives and to commandeer the 420 transport unit to pick up the team and commence Project 'Make the World Great Again'.

The heros must travel back in time to Jun 17, 2015 and stop the Narcissist from running in the 2016 election before the present comes into full effect...

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Black Cats Poses - Explosion 3 (mirror)

~Isil~ "The Aerie" Hangar

~isil~ Space Tower

Turlaccor Custombike // The Apocalyptic - Special

.:ZiSP:. Orange Classic Spacesuit // Classic Helm

After a week in the overcast icebox with the temperature never rising above freezing, we reached the coldest day of the long cold snap here. Finally a little sun peaked out yesterday afternoon so I said to myself, why not be stupid and go out for a walk in the park. When else am I going to be able to experience such cold temperatures here? So I went upstairs to where my Mt. Kilimanjaro climb cold weather gear was stored and put it on, which left me looking like a spaceman. As I set out on my spacewalk, the car thermometer read 1F (-17C), because, after all, it was a record setting cold day, but happily, one with a nice sunset.

After this was taken, it just got colder. The low overnight at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport was -17F, breaking the record for the date of -6F that was set in 1903.

www.kfdi.com/2021/02/16/wichita-sets-record-low-as-cold-s...

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The tempurature in the cabin lowers as Bio.N.C.A and Flit power down for the night and go into short-term hibernation to travel into deep space.

They have been chosen for a mission to the asteroid Mines just outside of Earth’s protective magnetosphere where robots are sent in lue of humans due to the high radiation.

The girls are excited as they will have a chance to spacewalk for the first time.

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Location // Space Somewhere outside of Earth

Timeline 2133 - The Future

On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong and his crew took the first step on lunar soil.

La combinaison spatiale est portée par les astronautes lors des sorties dans l'espace ou à la surface de la lune, mais également à l'intérieur des véhicules spatiaux pour faire face à une dépressurisation accidentelle. Pour permettre la survie de son occupant une combinaison spatiale doit lui fournir de l'oxygène, évacuer le dioxyde de carbone et la vapeur d'eau expirés et assurer une protection thermique, tout en autorisant une mobilité minimale. Généralement à ces fonctions s'ajoutent un système de communications, une protection au moins partielle contre les rayons cosmiques et les micrométéorites et la possibilité pour son occupant d'absorber des liquides. Dans Apolllo, l'atmosphère est constitué d'oxygène pur sous 0,33 atmosphère, ce qui a permit un gain de masse dans la conception de la cabine et une simplification dans le système de support vie. Pendant les opérations au sol, on utilise de l'air "normale" à pression atmosphérique pour éviter tout risques d'explosion accidentelle.

The space suit is worn by astronauts during spacewalks or on the surface of the moon, but also inside space vehicles to deal with accidental depressurization. To enable the survival of its occupant, a spacesuit must provide it with oxygen, evacuate exhaled carbon dioxide and water vapor and provide thermal protection, while allowing minimal mobility. Generally to these functions are added a communications system, at least partial protection against cosmic rays and micrometeorites and the possibility for its occupant to absorb liquids. In Apollo, the atmosphere is made up of pure oxygen under 0.33 atmosphere, which has allowed a weight saving in the design of the cabin and a simplification in the life support system. During ground operations, "normal" air at atmospheric pressure is used to avoid any risk of accidental explosion.

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Hipstamatic Tintype to Cyanotype and Coffee

This tiny spider (body 5mm) suspended on the finest of webs is probably a juvenile silver orb (Leucage granulata) because: 1. it is suspended upside down; 2. its legs look greenish and body silvery; 3. its legs are quite long; and 4. the species has other members in my garden. It caught my eye as it seemed to float in midair the morning sun.

Red Sea

scuba diving

“The beauty of Hawaii probably surpasses all other places.”

– Buzz Aldrin (former American astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. And as the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two people to land on the Moon.)

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

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According the online information,

any time an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space, it is called a spacewalk.

The first person to go on a spacewalk was Alexei Leonov. He was from Russia. The first spacewalk was on March 18, 1965. It was 10 minutes long.

The first American to go on a spacewalk was Ed White. His spacewalk was on June 3, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission. White's spacewalk lasted 23 minutes.

A different view from the back of Boot Arch on a freezing 17 degree night. Was well worth the light show and the feeling of being on a different planet. Here we attempted some foreground lighting. Not the best comp or lighting job but it was fun to try something new!

This is an example of the Zeiss Ikon Contarex that Astronaut Ed White carried on a space walk during the Gemini IV mission. The 35mm Contarex was one of the most complicated cameras ever built. It had 1100 moving parts. The camera was modified for the space walk, The viewfinder was removed since it was not able to be used with the space helmets. The film advance lever and shutter button were enlarged to be able to be used with gloves. During the space walk Astronaut Ed White was able to take 12 images.

For camera geeks: The lens used during the space walk was a 50mm Zeiss Planar f2. The camera was set at f11 and 1/500 second. The camera was loaded with ANSCO D-200 color transparency film. The actual Zeiss Ikon Contarex used on the Gemini IV mission is now located in the Smithsonian Institution.

For Santa: Yes, I would like one of these too!

We got to meet Josh at our Library in town when he came in and spoke on his trip to space. I made a collage of a picture of us and one he took of space that he displayed and you can see where I've typed Chx and that is Charlevoix from space. You can see Lake Michigan, our little round lake and Lake Charlevoix clearly.

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the agency across multiple programs, including 157 days in space and three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Navy captain and naval aviator with more than two decades of service.

Cassada served as pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission and Expedition 68 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, executing myriad maintenance, contingency, and upgrade activities inside the station while also contributing to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations. His three spacewalks outside of the orbiting laboratory totaled more than 21 hours, successfully installing a pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to boost the station’s electrical capacity. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, also assembled the infrastructure for a future IROSA installation and fully restored a malfunctioning legacy solar array.

This week's image shows ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti hard at work on her first ever spacewalk, conducted alongside cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. Not only that, but this spacewalk was also the first conducted by a European woman, and the first conducted by a European in an Orlan spacesuit from the International Space Station. Congratulations, Samantha!

The pair of spacewalkers worked on a number of tasks over the course of their seven-hour Extravehicular Activity, also known as an EVA. After being assisted into their gear by cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov, Samantha and Oleg exited the Space Station via the airlock of the Poisk module, and proceeded to deploy ten nanosatellites by hand as part of a radio technology experiment.

The European Robotic Arm (ERA) received a lot of attention during this spacewalk. In preparations for the ERA’s first operations on the newest Space Station’s laboratory module, Nauka, Samantha and Oleg installed a temporary ERA adapter, removed and replaced a protective window on the arm’s camera unit, as well as switched its control panel to stowage mode.

The duo also installed platforms and workstation adapter hardware mounted on Nauka. Due to a slight delay, scheduled boom installation to aid movement in future EVAs has been deferred to a future spacewalk.

After a job well done, both Samantha and Oleg took a well-deserved lie-in on 22 July. They did, however, spend the rest of the day hard at work cleaning and checking the various components of each of the Orlan spacesuits.

Samantha’s Missions Minerva continues, and you can follow along via her Twitter, TikTok, Flickr, or on our dedicated Minerva mission page.

Credits: ESA/NASA

This week in 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-61, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following a successful 10-day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Here, astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman wrap up the final of five spacewalks to perform a variety of servicing tasks. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for the overall design, development, and construction of the observatory. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.

Image credit: NASA

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The crew is getting ready for a pair of spacewalks scheduled today and next Friday to upgrade the International Space Station’s power system. The two spacewalks will take place on the station’s right-side, or starboard, truss structure to replace and install new power equipment.

Commander Shane Kimbrough and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will step outside for the first power maintenance spacewalk today at 7 a.m. EST. Kimbrough will be joined by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet the following Friday for the second spacewalk.

To watch the spacewalk live, click here.

Today is the 27th anniversary of the launch of space mission STS-41-B, during which astronaut Bruce McCandless performed the first untethered space walk.

I shot the earth part in this photo, Bruce is from this image.

The requisite EVA selfie, my visor shows that I was hanging out above the truss, looking down on on the International Space Station and Earth moving into darkness. It was probably the most impressive experience I’ve ever had but it was not easy. I will never forget the robotic arm ride while holding equipment that is three times my weight. The slightest movement increased its inertia (thankfully Megan is the world champion robotic arm operator). Visually it was a bit like holding a fridge upside down, while holding on with my feet over a 300 km cliff face #humblebrag. Quite a few things didn’t go according to plan but I am immensely proud of the team that fought to find solutions. #dreamteam. Shane exudes professionalism at all times, the ground teams and control centre were on point, and then there were our incredible colleagues driving the robotic arm and getting us into the suits (and out again). I might still be on an adrenaline high, but I don’t think you can find a better team. We are going to try to get some rest and consider the follow-up operations.

L'incontournable autoportrait de sortie extravéhiculaire. Le reflet dans ma visière montre que j'étais suspendu suspendu au dessus de la structure, face à la Station spatiale internationale, avec la Terre en dessous dans l'ombre. C’était à la fois une expérience magique et un vrai combat ; je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier ce petit tour au bout du bras robotique en tenant un équipement qui fait 3 fois mon poids, le moindre mouvement lui faisant prendre de l’inertie. Heureusement que Megan est championne du monde de conduite de bras robotique ! Visuellement c’était un peu comme tenir un frigo, accroché par les pieds, la tête à l’envers sur une paroi abrupte de quelques kilomètres #humblebrag. Pas mal de choses ne se sont pas passées comme prévu mais je suis super fier de l’équipe qui s’est battue pour trouver des solutions #dreamteam. Shane 👨‍🚀 égal à lui-même de flegme et de professionnalisme, l’équipe ‍💻 au centre de contrôle au top, les collègues au bras robotique ou qui nous ont mis dans les scaphandres (et nous en ont sortis)... Je suis peut-être encore sous le coup de l’adrénaline, mais je pense qu’on ne peut pas trouver mieux (ou alors il va falloir me le prouver 😁). On va essayer de prendre un peu de repos en attendant la suite des opérations 😴

Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet

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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir rocks her CAVES shirt on board the International Space Station. Jessica was the first woman to participate in ESA’s underground astronaut training programme in 2016.

It might not be obvious, but there are many similarities between working deep underground and in outer space.

Since 2011, ESA’s Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behaviour and performance Skills course has been taking astronauts below Earth’s surface and preparing them to work safely and effectively as representative spaceflight teams in an environment where risk, scientific operations and living conditions have many similarities to space . At the end of the course astronauts are better prepared to participate in long term ISS expeditions, balancing mission goals, environmental risks, team demands through their individual skills and team processes.

As many as 34 astronauts from six agencies have scouted caves to experience the challenges and excitement of exploring alien environments on Earth.

Jessica joined the 2016 edition along with five astronauts from China, Japan, USA, Spain and Russia in the caves of Sardinia, Italy, to explore the depths and train for life in outer space. As the team’s biologist, Jessica was tasked with searching for alien underground life. Jessica talked about her love for exploration and her experience at CAVES in her video before launching to the Space Station.

Just as with spacewalks, the underground ‘cavewalks’ required safety tethering, 3D orientation, careful planning and teamwork. Jessica and her fellow cave explorers needed to stay alert in an environment where they were deprived of natural light and every move was a step into the unknown.

The experience no doubt complemented the extensive spacewalk training she has since received. Jessica went on to conduct the first ever all-female spacewalk during her 205 days in space. Alongside NASA astronaut and friend Christina Koch, the women totalled 21 hours and 44 minutes outside the Space Station across three historic spacewalks.

The next ESA Caves course will take place in 2021. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is tentatively booked for the course. Follow all the Caves adventures on the blog.

From under the Earth to above it, Jessica is now back down on our planet. She returned with fellow NASA astronaut Drew Morgan and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka on 17 April.

Given a global pandemic and strict quarantine measures, the crew were welcomed home, just in time for Earth Day on 22 April. The annual event to mark environmental protection is celebrating its 50th anniversary and is the first to be celebrated from home.

As difficult as quarantine has been for communities across the globe, the impact on our planet is noticeable. Analyses from Earth observation satellites are showing the continued low levels of nitrogen dioxide concentrations across Europe – coinciding with lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

In light of this, staying home does not seem such a bad way to celebrate Earth Day.

Credits: NASA

Our Russian colleagues are outside right now on a #spacewalk. This was their "armour" yesterday, ready and waiting to protect them from the vacuum of space. Red stripes is for Oleg and blue stripes for Pyotr, with Mark helping from the inside. A spacewalk to prepare for a new module arrival, go! The rest of us have other work, but we will definitely be looking through the windows to see if we can spot them every now and again.

Nos collègues russes Pyotr 🔵 et Oleg 🔴 sont hors de la Station en ce moment pour préparer l'arrivée d'un futur module scientifique. Mark va les aider depuis l'intérieur et le reste de l'équipage sera concentré sur ses tâches, mais on espère pouvoir les apercevoir par les hublots, c'est toujours impressionnant ! Voici leurs armures, prises au repos avant la bataille. Et vous, vous êtes plutôt force rouge ou force bleue ?

Credits: ESA/NASA

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On 21 July, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti completed her first ever spacewalk alongside cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. Not only that, but this spacewalk was also the first conducted by a European woman, and the first conducted by a European in an Orlan spacesuit from the International Space Station.

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Credit: ESA/NASA

Matthias Maurer inside the seven-windowed cupola. He posted this picture to his social media on 15 December 2021 with the following caption:

A viewing window full of technology 🌍 The ESA - European Space Agency-built Cupola is our "window to the world" and the favourite place of many astronauts on the International Space Station.

But in addition to an incredible view of the Earth, it also serves to observe robotic activities of the Canadian Space Agency robotic arm #Canadarm2, arriving spacecraft & spacewalks.

When I first looked out, I first thought all the white was the sky, until I realised that it was the Earth, surrounded all around by the blackness of space. A jaw-dropping view!

Directly behind me, you can also see part of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module, as well as the Prichal docking module attached to the Nauka Multi-Purpose Laboratory Service Module ️

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Credit: NASA/ESA-M.Maurer

Red Sea

scuba diving

spacewalk

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iss065e373746 (Sept. 12, 2021) --- Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide (top) from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (bottom) from ESA (European Space Agency). The duo worked to install a modification kit on the International Space Station's Port-4 truss structure during a spacewalk that lasted six hours and 54 minutes.

On the arm. It was probably the most impressive experience I’ve ever had but it was not easy. I will never forget the robotic arm ride while holding equipment that is three times my weight. The slightest movement increased its inertia (thankfully Megan is the world champion robotic arm operator). Visually it was a bit like holding a fridge upside down, while holding on with my feet over a 300 km cliff face #humblebrag. Quite a few things didn’t go according to plan but I am immensely proud of the team that fought to find solutions. #dreamteam. Shane exudes professionalism at all times, the ground teams and control centre were on point, and then there were our incredible colleagues driving the robotic arm and getting us into the suits (and out again). I might still be on an adrenaline high, but I don’t think you can find a better team. We are going to try to get some rest and consider the follow-up operations.

Perché au bout du bras. C’était à la fois une expérience magique et un vrai combat ; je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier ce petit tour au bout du bras robotique en tenant un équipement qui fait 3 fois mon poids, le moindre mouvement lui faisant prendre de l’inertie. Heureusement que Megan est championne du monde de conduite de bras robotique ! Visuellement c’était un peu comme tenir un frigo, accroché par les pieds, la tête à l’envers sur une paroi abrupte de quelques kilomètres #humblebrag. Pas mal de choses ne se sont pas passées comme prévu mais je suis super fier de l’équipe qui s’est battue pour trouver des solutions #dreamteam. Shane 👨‍🚀 égal à lui-même de flegme et de professionnalisme, l’équipe ‍💻 au centre de contrôle au top, les collègues au bras robotique ou qui nous ont mis dans les scaphandres (et nous en ont sortis)... Je suis peut-être encore sous le coup de l’adrénaline, mais je pense qu’on ne peut pas trouver mieux (ou alors il va falloir me le prouver 😁). On va essayer de prendre un peu de repos en attendant la suite des opérations 😴

Credits: NASA–S. Kimbrough

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iss069e020708 (June 15, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg points the camera toward himself and takes an out-of-this-world "space-selfie" during a five-hour and 35-minute spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's truss structure.

Here we are just another normal day at our home, Hoof was out in the field putting in a lot of fitness training for the up and coming point to point races that he competes in around the county, Horace was in the drive cleaning his motorbike (that’s another story !)

Hoof’s phone rang it was the call the pair had been waiting for since the 19 January 2019 when the first launch of the Falcon 9 Rocket and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon mission had to be postponed after the cleaning lady accidentally fell over and unintentionally initiated the launch sequence which H & H had to fly to Florida and sort out.

Just to recap H & H have been the brains behind this whole project which is to sub contract out Space travel to private companies like SpaceX.

Their brief was to design a capsule that could dock with the International Space Station (ISS). This flight is just a demonstration flight so no crew members will be on board the capsule, however there was a dummy on board (Which I could not possibly comment on). A suggestion has been made by fellow Flickerite Brian Spicer, that H & H should dock with the ISS and carry out a space walk one night when no one is looking.

Right, back to the here and now H & H immediately instigated operation Pink Welly and they were on it like a rash. As we are a village which is quite humble and private, (one example of this is that the Fire Brigade are ex-directory) we knew the press would be after a story so preventative measures had to be put in place.

This was now serious stuff indeed, the village street lights were dimmed by one of the ladies from the Woman’s Institute, signs were put up at access points to the village saying ‘we know nothing about a rocket launch in Florida’ this was to deter any television and press frenzy, you know what the media are like.

Large screens had been erected in the village pub to cover the launch, peopled rocked up from the nearby parishes, once the pub was full it went into lockdown (a regular occurrence) Sharps Brewery immediately called in a night shift to cope with the huge demand in beer that was inevitably to be consumed. Reports suggested that the record for drinking the yard of ale that had stood for many years in the village had been broken four times in the lead up to the launch alone.

Hoof went out to their Typhoon checked the oil, water, and screen washer fluid kicked the tyres, Horace was in his especially built navigators seat belted in and they were ready to go.

With everything now in place and under the cover of darkness Hoof and Horace roared down the runway of our field and into the night sky, it was so touching that a large crowd waved them off, well about 3 of us the rest were in the pub watching the screens.

The flight from Cornwall to Florida was completed well within the hour H & H touched down near to the Kennedy Space centre at the historic Pad 39A.

With the engines of the Typhoon still running Horace was out of his seat and his little pink wellies were going ten to the dozen as he sprinted across the tarmac and added a certain ingredient to the petrol tanks of the Falcon 9 rocket.

Hoof immediately went to the command centre where the launches are controlled from. As Hoof entered the CC to his amazement all the engineers where watching The Honda Classic Golf tournament from The PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Hoof let out a polite cough (No not a botty cough this would have cleared the CC) once they saw Hoof they all immediately stood to attention. Hoof gave the orders to prepare to launch the Falcon 9 Rocket, as he has the authority to pull rank on anyone in the world with his security clearance.

Horace had been over to check out all was good with the Falcon 9 rocket, he also reported that he had cleaned the headlights, checked the radiator for water, and corrected the tyre pressures.

Horace thought it would be very appropriate if the canteen lady who has been involved in this project should carry out the countdown, so for the millions of you who tuned in live this was in fact the voice you heard doing the old 10, 9, 8, etc business.

So on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at 07.49 GMT (02.49 EST) the Falcon 9 took off, for those of you who were watching at home (and no excuses as at 07.45 GMT the BBC went over live to cover this historic event).

Did you all notice once the rocket was leaving the launch pad, and the smoke had cleared just below the yellow flames what did we have yes ! Pink flames honestly, you cannot make this up check it out on YouTube. Horace has the mobile phone number on speed dial of the chief engineer who is responsible for the famous red, white, and blue smoke of the Red Arrows, and a mix was especially made up and put in the petrol tank of the space craft by Horace on arrival.

Our Village went ballistic with such a sense of pride in what our two home grown engineers had achieved. The large crowd not only started throwing beer everywhere in the pub, they also bust into song “There’s only one Hoof & Horace”. Sharps were struggling to keep up with demand as the launch pictures were being beamed live around the village.

A team from the NASA ground crew had refuelled H & Hs Typhoon while it was ticking over so they could get back to the village asap. Never try this with your own vehicle at the pumps, always turn off the engine and remove the ignition key.

With no time to lose Hoof had his foot hard down on the noisy pedal (accelerator) and Boys had their Typhoon flat out racing back across the Atlantic to the village for a full debrief in the pub before everyone had lost the ability to speak, and remember where they were at this moment when history was made.

I will leave you with this thought.

Isn’t it funny how red, white, and blue represent freedom,

Unless they are flashing behind you !

Thank you so much for viewing my images, your comments are always so appreciated😎🐎🐷😂😂😂

Shane and I will be heading out soon to install some solar panels ☀. Here’s our plan for the day: Nitrogen purging and donning spacesuit, entering the vacuum, a robotic ride in space, moving the 3-m long arrays packed into tubes, connecting them, watch them unfold, and return. People at NASA have been preparing for these spacewalks for over 1.5 years, the step-by-step instructions are 28 pages, the plan if things don’t behave is… 80 pages. And I’m not even mentioning robotic arms operations or the rest of the Station getting prepped for the upgrade. It is astounding what humans can do with teamwork. Back later tonight, you can watch live and learn more about the spacewalk: blogs.esa.int/exploration/pass-the-solar-array-deploy-tho...

Shane et moi sommes sur le point de sortir de la Station spatiale pour installer ses nouveaux panneaux solaires. Avant ça, nous avons quelques heures de préparation devant nous : désaturation en azote (comme en plongée), enfiler son scaphandre, sortir dans le vide, je vais me faire transporter par un bras robotique attaché par les pieds, en tenant un panneau solaire de 3 m de long, on va le brancher ⚡, le regarder se dérouler, et retourner dans le sas 6h30 plus tard 😎

Les collègues de la NASA préparent cette sortie extravéhiculaire depuis un an et demi. La procédure à suivre pour Shane et moi fait 28 pages, et les cas non-nominaux sont prévus sur 80 pages, juste pour la partie scaphandre et matériel, sans compter le bras robotique ou tout le reste de la station… un beau travail d'équipe. Vous pouvez suivre les préparatifs et la sortie sur esawebtv.esa.int

Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet

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This is my entry to RebelLUG's contest Vignweek2020 Day 5. The prompt was a "Space" and we had 24h to build. This one in particular was built in about 8h.

For this one, I decided to go for something different than usual, and depict real life space instead of fictional, and ended up capturing a couple astronauts going for a space walk outside the International Space Station.

I hope you'll like it!

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