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  1. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel Commerical LEO destinations and other space stations

    The second docking adapter from AxHab-1 seems to be detachable, likely to be temporarily relocated to one of its side ports before it'll be moved on its final position on AxHab-2's aft port once it arrives
  2. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel Commerical LEO destinations and other space stations

    The docking port on the left is a CBM-type port. It will be incompatible to an APAS-type mechanism since it was meant to receive the racks that NASA and ESA plans to save before the ISS is sent to the bottom of the Pacific by 2030 Should be similar to those of the early Dragon or MPLM berthing...
  3. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel Commerical LEO destinations and other space stations

    This is the latest video from Axiom about their upcoming space station. It no longer berths from the front port of Harmony (occupied by PMA-2) but on the vacant nadir port usually reserved for cargo spacecraft like the HTV-X
  4. MarkWatney2015

    Request Artemis landers

    Wasn't that their old render from 2019, long before the HLS contracts was even announced?
  5. MarkWatney2015

    Request Artemis landers

    Blue Moon HLS has a very unusual docking position, but somehow makes sense given that its crew compartment is on the bottom while its fuel tanks are on top
  6. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel New Glenn addon inspired by BrianJ's Falcon 9

    Found this on Twitter. A concept art depicting New Glenn as one of the potential alternative launch vehicle for the Orion spacecraft once the SLS was ultimately cancelled
  7. MarkWatney2015

    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    I didn't know the old SSU had already have the middeck simulated, I guess I never tried it really (had problems loading it unfortunately).
  8. MarkWatney2015

    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    That's awesome! Is it from the new Shuttle addon? Haven't tried that yet
  9. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel Commerical LEO destinations and other space stations

    There's a new proposed commercial space station being developed by Max Space, which they call the "Thunderbird"... https://interestingengineering.com/space/us-thunderbird-space-station Like Bigelow and Sierra Space, they plan to make Thunderbird's habitat module an inflatable one
  10. MarkWatney2015

    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    I wish we could explore the Shuttle's middeck....I always wonder how they look like as well
  11. MarkWatney2015

    AMSO AMSO for Orbiter 2016 released

    I honestly thought you're probably referring to Orbiter 2024, and others are just kidding around a little bit lol, but I understand If anybody knows if an Orbiter 2024 compatible version of AMSO exists, lemme know as well, thanks
  12. MarkWatney2015

    News Roscosmos News

    So they reverted the launch of the NEM back to Proton. They just brought back OPSEK-2017 but with a twist
  13. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel Commerical LEO destinations and other space stations

    There's a rough representation of the new Axiom Station made by francisdrake on the previous page, but there's no version with individual modules/animations yet
  14. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel Commerical LEO destinations and other space stations

    Animated assembly sequence of the Axiom Space Station at timestamp 2:05 - 3:04
  15. MarkWatney2015

    News Roscosmos News

    There's still Proton rockets out there? I thought they were retired just recently
  16. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

    New images of the NGRST after it just finished construction last November 25th.
  17. MarkWatney2015

    Request US Deorbit Vehicle

    Requesting for a modified version of the Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft that will eventually send the ISS to its final resting place at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean by January 2031 at the latest
  18. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel New Glenn addon inspired by BrianJ's Falcon 9

    New Glenn flights 1 and 2 in paper model version by AXM. Might be useful in custom fairings (L) = Flight 1 = Blue Ring Pathfinder (R) = Flight 2 = EscaPADE
  19. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel New Glenn addon inspired by BrianJ's Falcon 9

    The Pathfinder doesn't look like what its planned operational configuration in official Blue Origin renders of Blue Ring:
  20. MarkWatney2015

    Vessel New Glenn addon inspired by BrianJ's Falcon 9

    I guess the Blue Ring Pathfinder is just the cylinder portion on the middle, not some other dummy satellite but some kind of adapter?
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