space exploration

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Over a million people could live here, in a double-cylinder colony in space.

From the NASA Ames Research Center’s concepts of future space colonies (as imagined… Read the rest “Science Art: Cylindrical Colonies: Interior view looking out through large windows, by Rick Guidice”

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Just in case you have to drive one of these, now you know where the controls are.

I like that there’s a dial labeled “Time To Go.”

Found at the NASA Johnson… Read the rest “Science Art: Mercury Spacecraft Main Instrument Panel, 1959.”

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“Here am I floating in a tin can,” indeed.

Here’s how much room some of the first humans in space –… Read the rest “Science Art: NASA spacecraft comparison, by D. Meltzer.”

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This is the bus that takes the astronauts to work at the space station. It’s a long commute for a longer shift – they took two days to orbit Earth before getting… Read the rest “Science Art: A View From A Launch, by NASA/Joel Kowsky”

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More astronaut optimism, less everything else.

From the NASA Image HQ Flickr account:

Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration

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“Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there! Here’s the earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!” –Commander Frank Borman, Apollo 8, December

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A poster recruiting colonists to Mars. A bit early, sure, but it can’t hurt to be ready.

Though I wonder how welding would really work in a low-oxygen atmosphere.… Read the rest “Science Art: Some User Assembly Required, NASA “Mars Explorers Wanted” collection.”