maks is on blueskyさんのイラストまとめ

McDonnell Douglas had some incredible concept art for their shuttle proposal

Ok I found some info on a Russian website, at the time of Soyuz T-9’s departure only the middle solar array had secondary panels installed, hence the difference in the images. Cool

This design was later refined to the Buran we know and love, and construction of the first airframes started at the Tushino plant near Moscow in 1980. The airframes are in two categories: test articles and flight articles. In just a sec, the actual hardware pics, enjoy :) 6/

✨ Buran orbiters and test articles thread ✨

To start off, some Buran basics:

Shortly after the Space Shuttle program was announced in 1972, a decision was made by the USSR leadership to start a program to develop a launch system to match the Shuttle's capabilities.

3 photos of the Apollo Lunar Module that will make you say “that’s not the Apollo Lunar Module, that’s the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity”

It seems I have been summoned.
If you see this, qrt with your art and tag some cool artists!

@SemrauDylan @Daylight44492 @SpaceZanz @ChengduLittleA @brickmack @ErcXspace @daily_hopper @MatthewCable6 https://t.co/ykYkt2CQNK

I’m putting all of the Shuttle concepts I retouch and color on Flickr. So do give it a visit! All images in really high res and you can download them as you wish.

https://t.co/N2R4sLtRY4

McDonnell Douglas shuttle reentry

Shuttle Booster separation in glorious 4-and-a-bit-K