Donald Trump will cut NASA's budget for 2026 by 50%. This will allow China to reach the Moon and claim it as its own. Another success for Trump.
#Trump #NASA #Artemis #Orion #SLS #Moon #Astronomy #ESA #China #SpaceX #Astronautics #DonaldTrump #Science
designed by Wernher von Braun and adapted by him for the historic *Collier’s* series of articles *Man Will Conquer Space Soon* (1952-1954) with illustrations (below) by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986) & #RolfKlep (1904-1981)
#spaceart #astronautics #WernhervonBraun
A missione in corso, confrontiamo la timeline di Artemis II con quella dell'Apollo 11 per scoprire le differenze e ciò che aspetterà gli astronauti di Artemis III. #artemis #apollo11 #astronautics www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrP1...
NASA still works with imperial system. They don't know metric system is the universal system for science and technology.
#NASA #USA #Artemis #Orion #SLS #Space #Astronautics #Moon #Houston
On Earth, incorrect footwear can cause injury. Lunar researchers are investigating long-term walking impacts. #Astronautics https://fefd.link/OE3AO
In #MARCH 1939
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‘To the Moon in a Space Ship’
Newnes Practical Mechanics, March 1939
Cover #illustration presenting the 1939 moon mission plan - with the rocket and lander designs - from the British Interplanetary Society (B.I.S.)
#illustrationart #spacetravel #astronautics
Reading *Collier’s* in the water recovery plant
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
[to be continued: PART 5 of 5]
‘The bottom deck contains a photographic darkroom and part of the system which recovers and purifies waste water.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘The large screen in the celestial observation room enables astronomers to study enlarged photographs taken from the satellite’s tiny sister station, the observatory.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘The electronic computer on the top deck, between the earth observation and celestial observation centers, solves complicated problems.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘Under this, on the center deck, are additional telescopic screens showing other territory (figures over each screen refer to the amount of territory covered by the picture, not to the apparent distance away from the scene).’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘On the top deck is a large moveable map on which “ground zero,” the territory the space station is passing over at the moment, is spotted. Immediately below the map is a telescopic enlargement of ground zero.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘Next door to the communications and weather sections is the earth observation center, occupying two decks.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘Below the communications room, meteorologists chart the weather for the entire earth; on the lowest deck at extreme left is a bunk room.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘The mercury, emerging as hot vapor in the room below, drives a turbo-generator.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
[essay - and article - to be continued: PART 4 of 5]
‘The trough and pipe in the extreme upper-right corner of the picture are a part of the satellite’s power plant. The trough is polished to catch the rays of the sun; the heat thus obtained is picked up by mercury in the tube.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
are not in use. The two black squares, which absorb the sun’s heat and warm the satellite, have shutters to control heat absorption. On the meteor bumper wall are hook-on rings, to which spacemen tie lines while outside, to keep from floating away in space.’
#astronautics
space taxi - fuel tanks - air return for air conditioning system
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
‘... and take “space taxis” to wheel-shaped space station at right. Men wear pressurized suits’ ‘Three “space taxis” can be seen - one leaving the rocket, another reaching satellite...’
#WernhervonBraun #ChesleyBonestell #astronautics #spaceprogram
‘Men and materials arrive in winged rocket... Men wear pressurized suits’
‘Three “space taxis can be seen - one leaving the rocket, ... a third near the already-built astronomical observatory’
#WernhervonBraun #ChesleyBonestell #astronautics #spaceprogram
“Crossing the Last Frontier” Dr. Wernher von Braun, Technical Director, Army Ordnance Guided Missiles Development Group, Huntsville, Alabama
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#WernhervonBraun #ChesleyBonestel #astronautics #spaceprogram
Unless otherwise noted, images from http://www.aiaahouston.org/Horizons/Horizons_2012_07_and_08_high_resolution.pdf
#OTD in 1952
In Collier’s for March 22, 1952, inaugurating the magazine’s historic series of articles “Man Will Conquer Space Soon” (1952-1954)
[PART 2 of 5]
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#astronautics
Aerospace Systems from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. An image of a plane flying near the moon with the text "Aerospace Systems" overlaid.
'Aerospace Systems' is an international journal focusing on system-level research and development in #aeronautics and #astronautics, covering interdisciplinary science and engineering from outer space to atmospheric vehicles. bit.ly/47xeHmM #ResearchPublishing #AcademicSky
‘An ingeniously engineered bail-out device gives the rocketeer his margin of safety’
#spaceexploration #spacetravel #astronautics #astronauts #rocketships #spaceships #FredFreeman
the cover of *Galaxy Science Fiction*, March 1958
(‘The Orbit of the Vanguard Satellite by Willy Ley’ etc.)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #SolDember #spaceart #spacestation #spacecraft #astronauts #astronautics
In #MARCH 1958
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Illustration by Sol Dember (1922-2011) for ➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #SolDember #spaceart #spacestation #spacecraft #astronauts #astronautics
‘PREPARING TO LAND, the rocket flies eastward 50 miles above San Francisco Bay. Back in the atmosphere, #rocket's wings support it in low-speed landing.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #moonmission #astronautics #moonrocket #spaceship #SpaceTravel #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoBay
Ahead of the rocket is the Mediterranean Sea. The rocket makes several circuits of the earth to slow down to landing speed.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #moonmission #astronautics #moonrocket #rockets #spaceship #SpaceTravel #nuclearspacecraft
‘THE ROCKET RETURNS to the earth after taking off from the moon. Setting beyond the earth is the sun, surrounded by its corona and zodiacal light. At the top is the moon, 240,000 miles from the earth. ➡️
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #astronautics #moonrocket #rockets #spaceship
Illustration as reprinted in Bonestell & Ley, The Conquest of Spce (1949) From http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-artist-who-helped-invent-space-travel-452436111
The broken peaks in the center rise 8,000 feet. The explorers climb easily in heavy suits because of the moon's small gravitational pull.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #moonmission #astronautics #moonrocket #rockets #spaceship #lunartopography #Theophilus
