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Can life get any better when the head of @roscosmos @Rogozin attacks me for the second time in a year. Doesnt he realise that soon Russia will be the third most powerful nation in Space, easily surpassed by China's launch rate and soon to be new massive Space Station.
Buran OK-201 the third flight production Soviet Space Shuttle. Only 80% complete it ended up in a back lot at Zhukovsky Airfield, Moscow. Current plans are to rescue it for a museum.
Coming up - NROL-87 thought to be a new advanced electro-optical spysat launching from Vandenberg SLC-4E on a Falcon-9.
No. 5 - Photo collection of all images known for Buran OK-1,02. This was a 97% complete orbiter, the twin sister to the flight version OK-1,01. Other Burans to follow. Thanks @b0_mby for new contributions.
With Blue Origin sub-orbital NS-19 launch, people in Space will jump to 609 which equates to 579 to reach orbit & 30 to have sub-orbited. Laura Shepard-Churchley becomes the 73rd woman in Space. Visit us here https://t.co/sVD3doqmqj to download hi-res copies of these posters.
Seems @NASA’s sloppiness in naming crews to missions means that many future crews simply won’t have their names on their patches.
Has the brother patch been released for NG-17 Cygnus-17 emblem?
A few graphics Ive added to, translated or created over the last few years regarding #Nauka. For those following its launch campaign. Final image is a recreation I did of how it will look following docking of Prichal later in the year.
In early 1986 the US Defence Department published a report on the status of the Soviet Union's Space Program. This artwork represented their best evaluation of Buran and its inevitable mission to the new Space Station Salyut-8 (Mir). They got a few things wrong.
Some random #Ingenuity helicopter design pics @ShorealoneFilms