Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[diogom]

OBSS hand-over from the Station Robotic Arm to the Shuttle's Robotic Arm:

SSRMS grapples the OBSS

Handing-over the OBSS to the SRMS

SSRMS moves away

SRMS has OBSS grappled

 

[Chub777]

Atlantis nearing my space station:

Zeroing (is that even a word?) relative velocity:

Shuttle closing in:

Orbital sunrise:

Space station from the shuttle:

Getting closer:

Hard dock:

View from payload bay cam:

To be continued...:lol:

 

[Scruce]

After they finished on Earth...they moved to the moon; GDI Miner and outpost in the Descartes Highlands region:

The year is 2038, UCGO is a mining corporation with several outposts and prospecting sites on the moon. It's biggest competition is the Jovian Mining Corporation (JMC).

Rough outline of the base, the XPDR is so far away to allow space for Arrow flights transporting Lunar Rock to Earth:

 

[IronRain]

Time to visit my first asteroid.

Launch of ART

Staging, second stage ignition, fairing separation

ART in LEO

spinning up

Third stage ignition

ART on its way to Apophis

 

[Scruce]

UCGO Mining Pt.2;

Prospector landed in Taurus Littrow:

Overhead image taken from MoonMapSat (MMS) with annotations:

 

[Eli13]

USC's Cruise Test #2
[Disclaimer]These but a few of the pictures of the flight.[/Disclaimer]

At Wallops Island's Runway 27

Monitor Takes Off And Raises Its Gear

Monitor Cruising Over The Atlantic Ocean

Wheel Stop At Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33
(For reference, the Vehicle Assembly Building can be seen just left of the center of the background)

Thank you to jzarvey for flying this mission for the VSA.

To see the rest of the photos of the flight, go to http://unionspacecommand.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=11898471

To see more details on the PFT (Powered Flight Tests) Program itself, go to the O-F blog for the PFT Program.

 

[martins]

With future Shuttle missions set to move from real reality to virtual reality, I've decided that a refurbishment of the stock K-LC39B pad is in order. Here a few mid-development shots (I haven't quite mustered the courage to attack the tower yet - I'm thinking about adopting an existing one ...)

Current mesh complexity: 1495 vertices, 1022 triangles.

 

[IronRain]

Today I completed a one-week mission in support of my Skylab station. Mission designation: Skylab-1B

Discovery on the pad

Beanie-cap moving over CDR

Discovery has cleared the tower!

ET separation

Filming the ET

Primary payload for this mission

Taking the TRS out of the payload bay

TRS released

TRS from as seen from the flightdeck

Time to come home. passing over Zaragoza

Lined-up with the runway

Chute deployed

Welcome home Discovery!

 

[Kyle]

International Space Station 100% complete and operational, 2014.
View of the USOS.

View of the Russian Segment.

 

[ky]

With future Shuttle missions set to move from real reality to virtual reality, I've decided that a refurbishment of the stock K-LC39B pad is in order. Here a few mid-development shots (I haven't quite mustered the courage to attack the tower yet - I'm thinking about adopting an existing one ...)

Current mesh complexity: 1495 vertices, 1022 triangles.

Very nice!Will there be a better looking RSS if you decide to make the tower?

 

[Stevodoran]

Houston........... Did we drop something?

 

[martins]

Very nice!Will there be a better looking RSS if you decide to make the tower?

What's my decision to make the tower got to do with the attractiveness of the members of the Royal Statistical Society???

 

[diogom]

FD4 MPLM Raffaelo installation:

 

[ky]

What's my decision to make the tower got to do with the attractiveness of the members of the Royal Statistical Society???

Nothing because it means rotating service structure. Also ,looks dont matter as long as there is a tower.

 

[DaveS]

What's my decision to make the tower got to do with the attractiveness of the members of the Royal Statistical Society???

:lol: :thumbup:
Seriously though, RSS in the proper context is short for Rotating Service Structure. The "tower" is called the Fixed Service Structure(FSS). The FSS is pretty easy from a modelling perspective as it is made up of several levels identical in design.

Each level is 6 m high and 12 m square. This is except for the first level which is 6.7 m high and 12 m square. There are a total of 12 levels. The Orbiter Access Arm is mounted on the 7th level which is also called the 195' level. One level above it mounted a special structural extension is the Intertank Access Arm and the GH2 vent line. The Gaseous Oxygen Vent Arm(GOX Vent Arm or GVA) is mounted between the 10th and 11th levels.

 

[Chub777]

Moving "Gamma" node (yes, I name my modules):

Changing docking ports:

Oops:

Changing docking ports (again):

Orbital sunset view of my station (still needs a name):

Goodbye, nameless station :rofl::

Undocked:

Just before the entry-interface:

Since I didn't know how to use BaseSync and Aerobrake (at the time) I landed somewhere in the ocean. But due to the magic of the scenario editor and the probe I "landed safely":

 

[David413]

0132 GMT, 7/14/2011 over the Pacific Ocean - STS-135 moonrise

STS-135 / ULF7 over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, the moon rises over Atlantis and the ISS...

 

[Kendo]

Spaceship 2 at 34,000 ft. The textures are hand drawn by myself.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Man I really should start playing Orbiter again, come to think of it I should start a new install...
*Installs Orbiter with d3d9 cleint, XR Fleet and planet textures*
Man, I forgot how long Orbiter takes to load, ah there we go.
*Flies XR2 to a roughly 1000km x 1000km orbit*
:jawdrops:

DX7 did not do the level 11 & 14 Earth textures justice...

 

[Izack]

DX7 did not do the level 11 & 14 Earth textures justice...

Holy ! Did you do anything special with those clouds?

Edit: A more recent endeavour:

To boldly go...