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Mercury, Gemini, Apollo & X-15
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2,900 feet long! The hydrodynamics testing facility at Langley. Dynamic plane models could be towed through this facility at 80MPH and cause the model to take off from the water.

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The tip of the spear 👌🏻

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Burn that fucking site to the ground.

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Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar On this day in 1972, the final mission of the Apollo Program (Apollo 17) landed on the Moon. #sciart #spaceart #spacehistory

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Source: Milton Thompson

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“We had it made in the shade”. Pete Conrad reflecting on the moment Al Bean read out the Landing Point Designator angels which enabled him to recognise the snowman cluster of craters.

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OTD in 72 Fe, Fi, FO, Fum & Phooey were launched on the final Apollo Lunar mission. Apparently there were also 3 humans travelling with them.

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Day 3! Here's John Young during his Gemini 10 mission, drawn in soft pastels. It's based on a photo which was taken after launch and docking with the Agena - looks tired doesn't he?! #ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt

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Daddy’s lil monster waiting for his chicken from the takeaway 😬

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Look at this mad bastard documenting the rollout of Skylab from the top of the VAB. Doesn’t need guardrails as the photographer is only 525 feet high 😂

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Radio Corporation America engineers would visit MSC to update them on progress they were making with the rover comms unit. RCA artist, Jim Burns, would slip in some humorous sketches for them to discover 😅

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The EVA handles on the outside of the Command Module contained radioactive material. Small disks, containing Promethium 147, would light up and were situated inside the mounting points of the handles to assist with emergency EVA transfer.

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Anyone know any space history /NASA history type starter packs?

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60's dreams - the NERVA nuclear-thermal engine. NASA image.

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2 of the Saturn V mobile launchers watch on from their parking sites at KSC. They sit on 6 mounting points, which are replicated in each high bay in the VAB and at each launch pad.

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From the museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. David Jennings (Hamilton Standard - Apollo suit backpack) drew inspiration from earlier Royal Air Force designs.

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Hello new Bluesky friends! Very happy to be here. For my first post, here's my favorite (still!) #jwst image - the Cosmic Cliffs of Carina 🤩 This image made me cry the first time I saw it. It's just so beautiful, and this is a good time to appreciate the beauty around and above us ✨

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70's dreams - the Modular Space Station. After the demise of the Saturn V-launched space station, McDonnell Douglas and North American Rockwell produced concepts for stations that could be built out of modules launched via the space shuttle. NASA image.

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6 miles of tubing had to be inspected in the first stage of the Saturn V prior to it being shipped to KSC.

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Superb view looking down on the massive Saturn V first stage whilst it is about to be hoisted and rotated in the transfer aisle. You can also see the launch platform and the V shaped blast deflector in the high bay.

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