Category: rockets

Soyuz is going a little… funny

December 14, 2022

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AARRRGH, Gah, Hmm…, News, rockets, Russian Empire, spacecraft, ಠ_ಠ

Well, this can’t be good: Problem with Soyuz MS-22 on the ISS right now! pic.twitter.com/V4Ymvnn2D1 — Chris Bergin – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) December 15, […]
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The return of cyanotypes

December 6, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, blather, CAD Diagrams, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, history, Hmm…, New Products, News, projects, rockets, spacecraft

Some years ago I produced a range of cyanotype blueprints of a number of aerospace subjects. The hardware needed for this was disposed […]
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Rocket Knives

December 5, 2022

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Art, Awesomeness, Crazy, Hmm…, rockets, Weapons, youtube

This “experiment” seems like all kinds of fun. It also seems like the sort of thing that would attract the attention of the […]
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Anti-tank Vertol 107

November 24, 2022

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Aircraft, Art, history, projects, rockets

The Vertol Model 107 became the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight. It has been a fabulously successful helicopter; development began almost *70* years […]
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SLS vs Launch Tower

November 21, 2022

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AARRRGH, Hmm…, News, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

NASA spent *decades* launching the Shuttle, so it’s a little surprising that the launch of the SLS caused this much damage. […]
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The story of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory

November 20, 2022

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history, News, projects, rockets, spacecraft

The National Reconnaissance Office is starting a series on the history of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a small space lab that was designed […]
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Artemis launch footage worth watching

November 19, 2022

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Art, Awesomeness, history, Hmm…, photography, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

Included here are not only the closeups, but also a view from the public area showing just how brightly the exhaust lit the […]
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EGRESS art: Take two

November 18, 2022

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Art, Awesomeness, history, Humor, projects, rockets, spacecraft

A mere sixteen years ago I posted artwork of the Martin “EGRESS” ejection capsule meant to fling crew from a stricken spacecraft anywhere […]
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Artemis launch: live streaming

November 15, 2022

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News, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

Just in case it actually does launch, here’s the NASA YouTube livestream:
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Russian missiles strike Poland

November 15, 2022

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AARRRGH, Crazy, Dumbassery, Gah, News, Politics, rockets, Russian Empire, ಠ_ಠ

You know, NATO MEMBER Poland. Two Polish civilians killed. Strikes put Ukraine in darkness; missiles cross into Poland Everybody got their […]
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