We will learn the actual SpaceX design for the scaled down version of the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) only during Elon Musk's presentation at the 2017 International Astronautical Conference in Adelaide, Australia, September 29.
Monday, July 31, 2017
SpaceX downscaled ITS spaceship comparison
Fan vision of possible SpaceX's scaled down version of the ITS cargo spaceship (for 9m booster) compared with the original ITS crew spaceship (for 12m booster), Space Shuttle, Orion and Dragon; created by NASASpaceFlight.com forum member, Canadian design engineer Michel Lamontagne. More of his spaceship renderings here.
We will learn the actual SpaceX design for the scaled down version of the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) only during Elon Musk's presentation at the 2017 International Astronautical Conference in Adelaide, Australia, September 29.
We will learn the actual SpaceX design for the scaled down version of the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) only during Elon Musk's presentation at the 2017 International Astronautical Conference in Adelaide, Australia, September 29.
Friday, July 28, 2017
House on Mars by Nacho Malter
Picture of the Day 28/7/2017 - drawing of a cottage house on partly terraformed Mars by Argentinian freelance artist Nacho Malter. More of his art here.
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Saturday, July 15, 2017
New life on Mars by Robert Murray
Picture of the Day 15/7/2017 - a happy family at the human colony on Mars by Robert Murray / The Mars Society (2001).
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
SpaceX ITS spaceships at Mars Base Alpha by Maciej Rebisz
Picture of the Day 12/7/2017 - SpaceX ITS spaceships at Mars Base Alpha or "Alpha Site" by Polish digital painter Maciej Rebisz. More of his art here.
Some close-ups of the painting:
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Some close-ups of the painting:
Sunday, June 25, 2017
SpaceX spaceship on Mars by Alexandra Hodgson
Picture of the Day 25/6/2017 - "Expanding to New Horizons" - SpaceX downscaled ITS spaceship on Mars by Canadian illustrator Alexandra Hodgson. More of her concept art here.
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Sunday, June 18, 2017
Spaceships in Mars orbit by James Vaughan
Picture of the Day 18/6/2017 - Spaceships in Mars orbit by photographer and concept artist James Vaughan. More of his aerospace and defense concept art here.
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Saturday, May 27, 2017
HD images of Mars from "The Expanse" TV series
Mars is one of two competing superpowers in the 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) but only a few scenes are actually set on Mars in the series. Here are some HD images from those few scenes in season 2 (open link in new tab to view in full resolution):
More content from The Expanse TV series:
- Pallas, the origin of the Free Navy
- Destruction of Deimos
- Ganymede, the breadbasket of the Belt
- Ceres, the capital of the Belt
- Lunar colony in season 5
- Martian colonies in season 5
- Martian colonies in season 4
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Mars exploration rover by José Luis Martín
Picture of the Day 24/5/2017 - Mars exploration rover by Spanish digital artist José Luis Martín for Science Today Magazine. More of his sci-fi art here.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
SpaceX's Heart of Gold spaceship leaving Earth by Jon Ross
Picture of the Day 16/5/2017 - SpaceX's 1st Mars Colonial Transporter "Heart of Gold" performs its Trans-Mars Injection burn, an image by Jon Ross.
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