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The launch of Gemini 11.
No matter the year or time, guys will be guys.
A camouflaged Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21-IIb bomber seconds before its destruction by parafrag bombs dropped by a USAAF Douglas A-20 Havoc. Dutch East Indies. 1943.
Launch of Apollo 15
Steve Rogers did, in fact, realize that something was off when he saw the outline of the woman’s odd bra (a push-up bra, he would later learn), but being an officer and a gentleman, he said that it was the game that gave the future away.
I spy a Horse Wife in the stadium!
S5E09, Slice of Life – Deleted Scene
“Okay, NOW she’s drunk.”
Idea by Zorand! In more ways than one, really, because this is also inspired by this joke he made in my IRC. And also this joke by licksdash, AKA /u/ DASHLICKER1991. Good times.
(Mirrors: Imgur, Gfycat)
Mirage 2000EG cockpit (Hellenic 2000-5 variant)
excuse me folks, just passing though…
PAK FA T-50 by Distantstarr
It seems like a interesting design interesting but I’m not sure if it’ll ever take off. I’m far from being an expert but the tri-engine design INCLUDING a liquid-fueled rocket engine sounds like a nightmare to maintain, especially since rockets engines aren’t usually considered to be safe enough for commercial transport.
Since turbojets are meant to be extendable (yeah, I’ve looked at the article), I’d like to remind anyone that complexity is usually prone to failures. Same goes for the rear fins (also change position in-fight). In my amateur opinion using turboramjets or internal turbojets would make more sense. Aaand... it wouldn’t probably look as depicted on the second picture.
And that is not including costs. No manned air-breathing airplane has ever reached speeds faster than mach 3.5, and the one that came close (Blackbird) was specially designed to handle these speeds. We have no experience at building near-hypersonic manned aircraft, especially meant for commercial human transport. Then, after each light rocket engines would have to be test-fired (just for safety) and probably replaced with a new one after every... lets be optimistic and say 30 flights.
Okay enough rambling... for now
Patent Details for a Supersonic Airplane That Could Potentially Travel From New York to London in One Hour
A great photo of the booster separation.
A great artistic depiction of the command module.
SR-71 Blackbird
A launch of the Discovery.
The earth and moon as seen from the Cassini near Saturn. Gives much needed perspective.
Twilight’s Rainbow Power form by FantasyBlade
who’s there by Keponii
APOLLO 7 MISSION
Apollo 7, launched on October 11 1968, was the first mission in the Apollo program to carry a crew into space. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele, and Lunar Module Pilot R. Walter Cunningham. Their mission was an 11-day Earth-orbital test flight to check out the redesigned Module with a crew on board. Despite tension between the crew and ground controllers, the mission was a complete technical success, giving NASA the confidence to launch Apollo 8 around the Moon two months later.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7)(http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/apollo-7.htm)
VF-101 Grim Reapers!
When we work together as a nation, we can do great things. Happy July 4th, 2015.
An incredible view of the mighty Saturn V.
Liar Liar by RedApropos
Astronaut John Young
An AC-130U gunship jettisons flares over an area near Hurlburt Field, Florida.