Picture of the Day 22/09/2023 - SpaceX Starship orbiting partially terraformed Mars by Swedish space designer Erik Corshammar (Erc X). More of his art here.
Showing posts with label Mars orbit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars orbit. Show all posts
Friday, September 22, 2023
Saturday, August 5, 2023
'The World of Tomorrow' (1980) book cover
In his popular science book "The World of Tomorrow", first published in 1980, Robin Kerrod depicted life as it might look in the 21st century. Today, living in the third decade of the 21st century, this depiction might seem overly technologically optimistic (like most past attempts to depict the future), but the book contains many illustrations that positively inspired a whole generation of children. Here, for example, book's cover illustration shows a spacecraft that has landed on Phobos, near a human base:
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Cargo spaceship orbiting Mars by Graham Gazzard
Picture of the Day 10/06/2023 - Cargo spaceship orbiting Mars by British sci-fi and aviation artist Graham Gazzard (known also as GrahamTG).
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
SpaceX Starship landing on Mars - 4K UHD renders from Elon's Starship update 2022
When SpaceX CEO and lead designer Elon Musk gave his latest Starship update in February 2022, the presentation contained an animation of Starship's mission to Mars with a landing at Mars Base Alpha in the end. Today SpaceX finally gave public access to 4K UHD version of that animation. Here are some images from it.
Starship landing at Mars Base Alpha:
Click HERE for 4K UHD resolution
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Starship approaching Mars:
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Saturday, February 11, 2023
Terraformed & colonized Mars as it would be seen from space
Terraformed and colonized Mars as it would be seen from Phobos, the closest of two natural Martian moons, by British illustrator Mark Garlick. More of his art here.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Martian city lights from space
Two FHD wallpapers (1920 x 1080) with the city lights of a large city on Mars as they would be seen from space. The images were created by an uncredited artist(s) for HP's "Mars Home Planet" rendering challenge in 2018 inviting participants "to imagine, create and virtually experience a sophisticated civilization on Mars. A new home for one million humans."
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Terraformed Mars from human base on Phobos by David A. Hardy

"Terraforming Mars" as cover art for Arthur C. Clarke's book "The Snows of Olympus" (1994):
"Terraformed Mars" as cover art (there are several slightly different versions of this illustration) for Carl Sagan's book "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" (1994):
Sunday, May 1, 2022
How we will travel beyond Mars - shortfilm by Erik Wernquist

Here you can watch the shortfilm and see some Mars-related images from it:
Astronaut in front of Mars colony:
Space station orbiting Mars:
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Spaceport on Phobos (concept art for Aliens: Colonial Marines)
Digital paintings of a spaceport on Phobos, the closest of two natural Martian moons. These images are concept art for Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013) - a first-person shooter (FPS) game set in the universe of Alien franchise. Unfortunately this location didn't make to the final game release.
In Alien's universe (depicted in Alien, Predator & Prometheus movies, games and books) Mars is the first planet colonized by humans in mid-21st century. There are many colonies and military bases on the planet established by both national and commercial entities and housing millions of people. On Phobos there is a commercial research facility experimenting with xenomorphs or aliens - a highly aggressive endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species.
In Alien's universe (depicted in Alien, Predator & Prometheus movies, games and books) Mars is the first planet colonized by humans in mid-21st century. There are many colonies and military bases on the planet established by both national and commercial entities and housing millions of people. On Phobos there is a commercial research facility experimenting with xenomorphs or aliens - a highly aggressive endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species.
Spaceship leaving Phobos' spaceport. Note the partially terraformed Mars below:
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Human mission to Martian moons Phobos and Deimos by Pascal Lee

Spaceship approaching Mars with Phobos and Deimos in sight:
Landing on Deimos, the farthest and smallest of the two Martian moons:
Astronauts exploring Deimos:
Landing on Phobos, the closest and largest of the two Martian moons:
Friday, September 17, 2021
Mars base in Civilization 6 strategy game
Civilization 6 (Sid Meier's Civilization VI) is a turn-based strategy game released in 2016. The goal for the player is to develop a civilization from an early settlement through many in-game millennia to become a world power and achieve one of several victory conditions. One of the paths to win the game is through science domination where you need to be the first to launch a satellite, land humans on the Moon and establish a Martian colony.
Spaceship approaching Mars to establish a colony there:
Full in-game cinematic for science victory:
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Domed park on a space station orbiting Mars

Friday, February 12, 2021
Spaceport on Phobos by Thomas Peters
Picture of the Day 12/02/2021 - Spaceport on Phobos, the closest of two natural Martian moons, by graphic designer and illustrator Thomas Peters (Drell-7). More of his space art here.

Wednesday, August 26, 2020
SpaceX orbital shuttle concept by Rodrigo Magro
SpaceX is developing its Starship Super Heavy two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle for interplanetary flights. But, if you would need a flight only between the surface of Mars, Moon or other similar planetary body and its orbit, you could do it by less powerful spacecraft - an orbital shuttle.
Here is a concept of such spacecraft, called SpaceX Starflight, by Spanish transportation designer Rodrigo Magro. The orbital shuttle would have a lifting-body shape with thermal shield on the windward side, two forward winglets as Starship, four lower fins with landing legs and solar panels, large panoramic window and hypergolic auxiliary engines for landing on the Moon and other smaller planetary bodies.
Here is a concept of such spacecraft, called SpaceX Starflight, by Spanish transportation designer Rodrigo Magro. The orbital shuttle would have a lifting-body shape with thermal shield on the windward side, two forward winglets as Starship, four lower fins with landing legs and solar panels, large panoramic window and hypergolic auxiliary engines for landing on the Moon and other smaller planetary bodies.


Monday, June 29, 2020
SpaceX orbital station above terraformed Mars by Encho Enchev
Picture of the Day 29/6/2020 - Concept art for SpaceX's orbital station above partly terraformed Mars by Encho Enchev from Ubisoft. More of his concept art here.
Monday, June 1, 2020
SpaceX Starship on Mars by Dale Rutherford
Monday, May 25, 2020
SpaceX Red Dragon entering Mars' atmosphere by Chris Monson
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Poster of SpaceX Starship entering Mars' atmosphere by Gravitation Innovation
Poster of SpaceX's Starship entering Mars's atmosphere to slow down before landing by Gravitation Innovation.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Martian colonies in season 4 of The Expanse
Although Mars is one of the three competing powers in universe of The Expanse TV series (a political sci-fi detective set a few centuries in the future where humans have colonized the entire Solar system) only a few scenes were actually set on Mars in first three seasons of the series. That changes in season 4 where the life on Mars at last gets proper depiction.
In The Expanse Mars, governed by Martian Congressional Republic, is a militaristic and technologically advanced society of over nine billion inhabitants. It is the major competitor of Earth & Luna, governed by United Nations. Earth, dragged down by overpopulation and climate change, envies Mars because of its society's high mobilization towards the shared goal of terraforming Mars. But in season 4 that shared goal and order of the Martian society is starting to erode as the new habitable planets beyond the rings are discovered (without the costly need of being terraformed as Mars does). As the interplanetary military tension is over veterans find themselves needless in the peace time society; crime and corruption is rising, and some even manage to sell older military tech to Belter pirate gangs.
Here is a collection with HD images from the Martian scenes in season 4 of The Expanse (open link in new tab to view in full resolution):
In The Expanse Mars, governed by Martian Congressional Republic, is a militaristic and technologically advanced society of over nine billion inhabitants. It is the major competitor of Earth & Luna, governed by United Nations. Earth, dragged down by overpopulation and climate change, envies Mars because of its society's high mobilization towards the shared goal of terraforming Mars. But in season 4 that shared goal and order of the Martian society is starting to erode as the new habitable planets beyond the rings are discovered (without the costly need of being terraformed as Mars does). As the interplanetary military tension is over veterans find themselves needless in the peace time society; crime and corruption is rising, and some even manage to sell older military tech to Belter pirate gangs.
Here is a collection with HD images from the Martian scenes in season 4 of The Expanse (open link in new tab to view in full resolution):
Exterior and interior of a shipyard for Martian fleet:
Martian school kids training for exam:
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Mars in Ad Astra (2019) movie
Ad Astra is a recent (September 2019) science fiction thriller set in mid-21st century when humanity has started to settle the inner Solar System. A son (Brad Pitt) is sent on a mission to uncover the truth about his father's (Tommy Lee Jones) long lost mission near Neptune which now threatens the survival of Earth. In his lonesome and dangerous mission he visits several places including a dynamic but wild human colony on the Moon and a desolate relay station on Mars. Here are some HD images from the Martian scenes in the movie.
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