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Vostok instrument panel
Lovely model/render of Vostok instrument panel from gagarin3d.com
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Voskhod instrument panel
I love the fact that the spacecraft’s position was indicated by a clockwork globe. I really want to know more about the “ingenious Vzor periscope”. What a great name. The Vostok and Voskhod...
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First Orbit
Fabulous original footage at the start of this film. The Vostok is such a proper looking rocket. See here for more details about the film.
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Celebrating Cosmonautics Day!
Yes, yes… a bit belated I know (Cosmonautics Day is April 12), but I only just came across this great pic from Subatomic Tourism. Nice to see that his re-entry vehicle has a blunt body!
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Vintage NASA Project Mercury documentaries
They don’t make documentaries like these any more. Men in silver spacesuits. Scientists in white labcoats. Giant rockets. Pointing engineers. IMPORTANT FACTS IN BOLD CAPITALS. Bizarre soundtracks....
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SpaceX Grasshopper tests
Impressive videos of SpaceX’s Grasshopper vertical takeoff/landing rocket. Nice touches having a cowboy going along for the ride and a Johnny Cash soundtrack. I do hope they are working on a...
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Basics of Spaceflight
Does this kind of thing get you excited? Launch Phase Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to describe the role launch sites play in total launch energy, state the characteristics of...
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Vostok 1
A nice Russian Vostok 1 documentary. Fancy being a Cosmonaut? Check out the centrifuge and ejection testing from 1:00. When did computer operators stop wearing labcoats? Rotate spacecraft to align...
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Displaying orbits and trajectories
A rather stylish online Solar System Orrery. It is written in Flash I’m afraid, so if you are on iOS you’ll just have to look at the screenshot and imagine the moving planets. Perhaps I will write an...
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Space Death
My latest project, currently in development. A game of starship design and the many ways to accidentally kill your crew. See the Space Death Devblog for all the latest updates. Some sneak preview...
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