Vision of SpaceX's Dragon 2 capsule entering Mars' atmosphere (if Red Dragon missions launched by Falcon Heavy hadn't been cancelled and replaced by much more powerful Starship mission architecture) by computer designer Chris Monson. More of his art here.
Showing posts with label SpaceX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SpaceX. Show all posts
Monday, May 25, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
SpaceX 18m Starship vs 12m Starship (ITS) vs 9m Starship
Three sizes of SpaceX's Starship side by side by Scottish photographer & designer Dale Rutherford:
- 18m diameter Starship hinted by Elon Musk as the possible next generation Starship (in artist's vision it's not supposed to land on planets so no fins and legs);
- 12m diameter Starship version (ITS) presented in 2016;
- 9m diameter current Starship design.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Elon Musk with his youngest son X Æ A-12 at Mars Base Alpha
“Dad, what was it like to be confined indoors?”
“It doesn't matter son, now we have the whole universe to ourselves”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his youngest son X Æ A-12 at Mars Base Alpha by Indian space artist Eashan Misra in collaboration with Eli Burton, known as Real Life Starman. Note the Tesla Supercharger station on the left side.
“It doesn't matter son, now we have the whole universe to ourselves”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his youngest son X Æ A-12 at Mars Base Alpha by Indian space artist Eashan Misra in collaboration with Eli Burton, known as Real Life Starman. Note the Tesla Supercharger station on the left side.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Boarding SpaceX Starship by Roger Bootsma
Saturday, May 9, 2020
SpaceX Starship on launch pad by Gravitation Innovation
Picture of the Day 9/5/2020 - SpaceX's full stack Starship Super Heavy on launch pad on Earth by Gravitation Innovation.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
NASA selects SpaceX's lunar optimized Starship for Artemis program
Today NASA announced that three US companies - SpaceX, Blue Origin & Dynetics - will develop the human landers that will land astronauts on the Moon beginning in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. And SpaceX shared some renders of the "lunar optimized Starship" which is developed "to transport crew between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon". SpaceX added that "a lunar optimized Starship can fly many times between the surface of the Moon and lunar orbit without flaps or heat shielding required for Earth return. With large habitable and storage volume, Starship is capable of delivering significant amounts of cargo for research and to support robust operations on the lunar surface to enable a sustainable Moon base."
Monday, April 27, 2020
Starman brings life to Mars
Starman brings life to Mars - inspiring cosplay photo of SpaceX's Starman holding a seedling in pressurized glass cloche at a location similar to Martian terrain by Eli Burton, known as Real Life Starman.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
SpaceX Super Heavy landing burn by Roger Bootsma
Picture of the Day 19/4/2020 - Landing burn of SpaceX's Super Heavy (the booster stage of the Starship) by Austrian 3D environment artist Roger Bootsma. More of his art here.
Monday, April 6, 2020
SpaceX Starship fleet leaving Earth by Roger Bootsma
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Every iteration of SpaceX Starship from 2016 to 2019
Finnish 3D artist Kimi Talvitie has created a side by side comparison of every iteration of SpaceX's Starship from its unveiling in September 2016 to the latest design presented on September 2019. More of Kimi's art here.
- 12m diameter carbon fiber Interplanetary Transport System (September 2016)
- 9m diameter carbon fiber Big Falcon Rocket (September 2017)
- 9m diameter carbon fiber TinTin-style Big Falcon Rocket (September 2018)
- 9m diameter stainless steel TinTin-style Starship (December 2018)
- 9m diameter stainless steel Starship (September 2019)
Sunday, January 26, 2020
SpaceX Starship landing on the Moon - video animation by Hazegrayart
Video animation of SpaceX's Starship traveling to and landing on the Moon by HazeGrayArt who is known for his superb animations of both real and paper rockets, spacecraft and aircraft on his YouTube channel. He has also made animations of the previous iterations of Starship - Tintin-style BFR v2018 and delta-winged BFR v2017 - landing on Mars; and BFR v2017 landing on the Moon.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Speculative internal structure of SpaceX redesigned Starship by William Falconer-Beach
William Falconer-Beach, a young graphic designer from New Zealand, has made some renders with possible internal structure of SpaceX's redesigned Starship. More of his Starship renders here.
Full stack Starship Super Heavy:
More speculative internal layouts of Starship by SpaceX fans:
- Cutaway diagram of SpaceX's Lunar Starship by Rocket Posters
- SpaceX's Starship interior concept for 100 passengers by Rick Kiessig & Michel Lamontagne
- SpaceX's Starship interior concept by Jim Murphy
- Speculative internal layout of SpaceX's Starship by Michel Lamontagne
- Cutaway diagram of SpaceX's Starship by Julian Schindler
- Cutaway diagram of SpaceX's Big Falcon Ship by Nick Oberg
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.
Friday, January 3, 2020
SpaceX Starship orbiting Earth by Gravitation Innovation
Picture of the Day 3/1/2020 - Impressive render with the new design of SpaceX's Starship orbiting Earth by Gravitation Innovation. More to come.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
A pair of Tesla Cybertrucks guarding SpaceX Starship launch by ATOM
A pair of Tesla Cybertrucks guarding SpaceX Starship launch by French YouTuber and visual effects artist ATOM (Eric Tualle). More of his art here.
Friday, November 29, 2019
Poster of Tesla Cybertruck at Schiaparelli Crater on Mars
Poster of Tesla Cybertruck, pressurized edition, near a human base at Schiaparelli Crater on Mars by American video game concept artist Darren Bacon. More of his art here. Note a SpaceX cargo Starship (the 3-legged Tin Tin edition) on launch pad at the base.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
HD quality official render of SpaceX cargo Starship unloading on the Moon
3 weeks ago SpaceX's Principal Mars Development Engineer Paul Wooster gave a presentation "SpaceX's Plans for Sending Humans to Mars" at 22nd Annual Mars Society Convention. In the presentation there was a new render of the redesigned SpaceX's cargo Starship unloading some NASA rovers on Lunar surface. Unfortunately no one was able to capture a decent quality image of the render then. Yesterday the render was posted on NASA's web page in high quality:
The post reveals that SpaceX is one of companies taking part in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative which "allows rapid acquisition of lunar delivery services for payloads that advance capabilities for science, exploration, or commercial development of the Moon. Investigations and demonstrations launched on commercial Moon flights will help the agency study Earth’s nearest neighbor under the Artemis program. As its next step in exploration, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024, establish sustainable lunar exploration by 2028, and plans to send astronauts to Mars in the mid-2030s."
The post reveals that SpaceX is one of companies taking part in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative which "allows rapid acquisition of lunar delivery services for payloads that advance capabilities for science, exploration, or commercial development of the Moon. Investigations and demonstrations launched on commercial Moon flights will help the agency study Earth’s nearest neighbor under the Artemis program. As its next step in exploration, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024, establish sustainable lunar exploration by 2028, and plans to send astronauts to Mars in the mid-2030s."
Sunday, November 10, 2019
SpaceX Starship interior concept for 100 passengers
NASASpaceFlight.com forum members Ace (Rick Kiessig from New Zealand) and lamontagne (Canadian design engineer Michel Lamontagne) have created a concept for the interior layout of SpaceX's 100-passenger Starship (the passenger capacity goal stated by Elon Musk). Therefore this concept isn't meant for the first crew Starships on Mars used as temporary habitats for the first few years. For those first Starships Michel Lamontagne has created a separate concept.
The design divides the living space into 7 decks, labeled A to G, from the bottom-up. There are two openings between decks, offset slightly from one deck to the next, to reduce the risk of accidents related to trying to "fly" through multiple decks while in zero-G. There are removable rails around the openings, to prevent accidental falls while on Earth or Mars. All decks have a 2.2m high living space, except Deck G, which is 2.16m high. The blue bars in some areas are examples of hand and foot holds, like they use on International Space Station (ISS).
The floors are shown with hexagonal tiles, to indicate a system that will allow wall partitions and other items to be attached or removed to meet the tastes and needs of passengers.
Deck A has the gym, an external airlock, some storage space, and a couple of toilets:
The design divides the living space into 7 decks, labeled A to G, from the bottom-up. There are two openings between decks, offset slightly from one deck to the next, to reduce the risk of accidents related to trying to "fly" through multiple decks while in zero-G. There are removable rails around the openings, to prevent accidental falls while on Earth or Mars. All decks have a 2.2m high living space, except Deck G, which is 2.16m high. The blue bars in some areas are examples of hand and foot holds, like they use on International Space Station (ISS).
The floors are shown with hexagonal tiles, to indicate a system that will allow wall partitions and other items to be attached or removed to meet the tastes and needs of passengers.
Deck A has the gym, an external airlock, some storage space, and a couple of toilets:
- ISS found a need for 2+ hours of exercise per day to avoid bone and muscle loss. Multiplied by 100 people, that requires 10 exercise machines. Note that several of them are mounted on the walls.
- Making full use of walls and ceilings for living space is a theme of this design, since there's no "down" in zero-G.
- The airlock allows access to the outside of the ship during flight, in case of a need to make inspections or minor repairs, and to support landing in places without pre-existing ground infrastructure.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
SpaceX Starship interior concept by Jim Murphy
American aircraft interior designer Jim Murphy has made a concept for the interior of SpaceX's Starship with acceleration seats needed for takeoff and landing placed in individual cabins and acting as transformable beds. More of his designs here.
Starship's seats/cabins in launch, boarding & sleeping configuration:
Starship's seats/cabins in boarding configuration:
Starship's passenger seats/cabins:
More speculative internal layouts of Starship by SpaceX fans:
- Starship interior concept for 20 to 40 passengers by Paul King + VR tour
- Starship interior concept for 100 passengers by Joseph Lantz
- Animation of Starship interior concept by DeepSpaceCourier
- Cutaway schematic of Starship interior by Tom Dixon & Austin Barnard [not speculative]
- Starship interior concept for 64 passengers by Erik Corshammar & smallstars
- Cutaway diagram of Lunar Starship by Rocket Posters
- Starship interior concept for 100 passengers by Rick Kiessig & Michel Lamontagne
- Speculative internal structure of Starship by William Falconer-Beach
- Speculative internal layout of Starship by Michel Lamontagne
- Cutaway diagram of Starship by Julian Schindler
- Cutaway diagram of Big Falcon Ship by Nick Oberg
Monday, October 28, 2019
SpaceX Starship Super Heavy launch animation by HazeGrayArt
Video animation of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy launch by HazeGrayArt who is known for his superb animations of both real and paper rockets, spacecraft and aircraft on his YouTube channel. He has also made animations of the previous iterations of Starship: Tintin-style BFR v2018 and delta-winged BFR v2017 landing on Mars.
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