It’s been a bit quiet lately. Some of you may already know, for the last 2 years and a couple of months I’ve been working with the amazing CD Projekt Red team on Cyberpunk 2077. This month the game is finally out and despite pretty rough start, it’s a great feeling to be able to finally show some of the stuff I’ve worked on. Most of my work for it isn’t really space related, but there are some exceptions. Minor or major spoilers ahead, sorry for that.
So here it is, a concept design for the Crystal Palace space station. It was one of the very first things I’ve deigned for CP2077, had a great fun to come up with a “fancy” space station, something almost straight from Cowboy Bebop, which is more of a mix between a casino, a hotel for rich people, and a transfer station, than pure scientific research facility.
I will definitely have some more “space” stuff to share in here soon, but if you want to see my other, more “grounded” work, please visit my artstation/twitter/instagram accounts, all the links below. And hank you all for neverending support, really appreciate it!
It is that time of year again…Tournament Earth is back! This year, NASA Earth Observatory has chosen a new theme for the tournament: astronaut photography.Chooseyour favorite image here.
For more than 20 years, astronauts have been shooting photos of Earth from the International Space Station that highlight the planet’s beauty, complexity, and vulnerabilities. So which are the most unforgettable ones? Over the next five weeks (March 8-April 13), you can help decide.
How can you get involved? It’s easy as 1…2…3!
1. Read and Vote.
Not sure which image to vote for because they are ALL so captivating? Read the intriguing stories behind the images to help you decide! You can access the stories by clicking on the image headlines on the voting page: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth
For instance, the Stars in Motionimage is actually a compilation of 72 photographs. And some of the night lights around Bangkok, Thailand, actually show fishing boats as well as city lights.
2.Fill out your bracket.
Think you know which photo will win it all? Fill out a #TournamentEarth bracket with your predictions and challenge friends! Then share your predictions with NASAEarth on our blog,Twitter,Facebook,Instagram, or right here on Tumblr!
Tournament Earth will have five rounds, and round one is currently underway. Voting for the following rounds begins on Tuesdays and will be open for six days. We will update our social media channels (including right here on Tumblr!) with the newest matchups. Check this space to see how your favorite images did. Then vote until we crown a champion on April 13, 2021.
See all of the images and vote HERE. Follow @NASAEarth on social media for updates.
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The Icebreaker Borealis for this same project! It’s pretty much space Las Vegas, except that one of the premiere attractions are the ubiquitous mech pit fighting arenas, which already puts it miles ahead of regular Las Vegas
Flying in Skylab 3. Alan Bean moves about America’s first space station via a maneuvering unit. The July 1973 mission was the 2nd crewed flight to the space station. Bean, Owen Garriott & Jack Lousma were launched within the Apollo Command & Service Module situated atop a Saturn 1B rocket. It was the rookie spaceflight for Garriott & Lousma & the 2nd & final flight for Bean. The mission lasted a total of 59 days. The dome within which Bean moves is 19 feet in height & 22 feet in diameter.
History’s only armed spacecraft (so far as we know)
In 1971 the Soviet military initiated the Almaz project, a highly secretive project to place orbital space stations around the Earth whose mission was to spy on the Soviet Union’s Cold War enemies. The project consisted of Salyut space stations, technically civilian stations but modified for a military purpose as each station was equipped with powerful cameras, some of which could photograph objects on Earth at a resolution of 1 meter. Three Salyut stations were launched as part of the Almaz program between 1973 and 1976; Salyut 2, Salyut 3, and Salyut 5. Interestingly, Salyut 3 was special in that it was the only known spacecraft to be armed with a gun. On the belly of the station was mounted a 23mm Rikhter R-23 anti aircraft cannon. Typically mounted on the Soviet TU-22 bomber, the gun was a gas operated revolving cannon that could fire at a rate 1,800 - 2,000 rounds per minute. It was intended to fend off a possible attack by the Americans or capitalist space aliens. Placed on a fixed mount, in order to aim the weapon the entire station had to be manuevered toward its target. The cannon was only fired once towards the end of Salyut 3’s mission while the station was unmanned. After blasting a target satellite during the test fire, it was found that in the zero gravity environment of space the recoil of the gun rocked the station causing it to tumble.
Due to a malfunctioning docking system, it became impossible to resupply the station. Thus, it was decided to end Solyut 3’s mission and the station was abanondoned. It reentered the atmosphere and burned up on the 24th of January, 1975. The Almaz project was canceled in 1976 due to costs, and the effectiveness of new spy sattelite technology.
