Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[1987VCRProductions]

Is that SSU, Default or Atlantis recompile ?

It's Shuttle Fleet 4.8 that I repainted with the SSU textures. All my screenshots are from Orbiter 2010 P1 so no recompile needed.

 

[Gogakl]

Mimas with elevation map L6 (not absolutely real)

 

[Donamy]

And now for something completely different.

 

[4throck]

Only needs some EVA action :thumbup:

 

[Donamy]

Is this an addon, that anyone would be interested in ?

I don't think the airlock can be re-used, so it wouldn't be very economical. I envisioned it being like the Apollo/Soyuz. Where the Dragon2 would pull away from the 2nd stage and turn around to dock with the airlock.

 

[Urwumpe]

Is this an addon, that anyone would be interested in ?

I don't think the airlock can be re-used, so it wouldn't be very economical. I envisioned it being like the Apollo/Soyuz. Where the Dragon2 would pull away from the 2nd stage and turn around to dock with the airlock.

Yes.


And yes, such an airlock would make sense, since you would otherwise need to use the whole cabin as airlock. Still, if you plan an EVA, some more EVA tools might make sense there: Lights, platforms, tool holders and bags... etc.



Must not be a full shuttle payload bay, but if you want to access the equipment bays of HST, some way to get there and hold the tools near the astronauts would make sense. Maybe as simple as two-three L-shaped rods with clamps or rings to secure astronauts and tools.

 

[DaveS]

Yes.


And yes, such an airlock would make sense, since you would otherwise need to use the whole cabin as airlock. Still, if you plan an EVA, some more EVA tools might make sense there: Lights, platforms, tool holders and bags... etc.

That was the EVA conops for Gemini and Apollo. Depress the entire cabin and only repress once the EVA had ended. No harmful effects on either the crew or the equipment. Apollo 9 showed this was true for the LM (Schweickart testing the PLSS for the first time) and CM (Scott documenting Schweickart in the EMU from the open hatch of the CM). The three "J-missions" (15, 16 and 17) had the CMP perform an EVA during the Trans-Earth coast phase to retrieve data cassettes from the SIM bay of the SM and that required the CM to be depressed and the hatch opened.

 

[Donamy]

More like this ?

How about an inflatable heat shield and parachute ?

 

[Donamy]

And this

 

[Kyle]

SpaceX's Inflight Abort Test at about 83 seconds into flight.

 

[IronRain]

And this

Looking good! I'm planning the same sort of mission (but then with Orion) for a telescope that MSA launched in 2014.

SpaceX's Inflight Abort Test at about 83 seconds into flight.

Awesome!

 

[4throck]

And this

This would make a fine add-on.

Please add propulsion for orbit raising and attitude control, because that's also part of Hubble servicing.

 

[Donamy]

How does the Hubble raise it's orbit now? It could bring fuel or compressed gas, or what ever.
I need a name, or a cool acronym for it.

 

[IronRain]

Dragon's Breath

 

[gattispilot]

The Hubble uses Reaction wheels:
https://science.howstuffworks.com/hubble6.htm

 

[4throck]

How does the Hubble raise it's orbit now?

It doesn't... that's the point!

Google brought up this reboost study: https://slideplayer.com/slide/10797890/
A good base for an addon

 

[gattispilot]

Interesting. I think making the mesh and animations might not be hard. But the rest might be

 

[Donamy]

I wonder how the HST would be affected, if the "Service Air Lock" was left on, after the mission.

 

[Donamy]

Launch config for the SLA

 

[1987VCRProductions]

I finally managed to fly a successful Cassini-Huygens mission, it took every skill that I learned flying previous missions such as Mariner-10, Galileo, the Voyagers, etc. to be able to pull it off.

Approaching Venus on the first flyby:

Closest approach to Venus on the second flyby of the planet:

Approaching Earth:

Closest approach to the Jupiter System:

Approaching the Saturn System:

The SOI burn:

An encounter with Titan: