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Space Shuttle - Illustration - Space Shuttle reentry - Artwork - The American Space Shuttle returns to Earth protected by its thermal shield. In order for the Space Shuttle to return to Earth it must shed 18,000 miles per hour of velocity and descend low enough to make an unpowered glide to a landing strip. With 115 tons of vehicle traveling fast enough to circle the globe once every 90 minutes, there is a tremendous amount of kinetic energy to dispose of. The Shuttle disposes this energy like every other manned space vehicle: it uses the Earth's atmosphere to convert its kinetic energy into heat. The Shuttle does this by slowly descending into the atmosphere bellyside - down at a 40 degree angle. This presents a large, blunt surface to the rushing air that continues to slow the orbiter for the next 16 minutes. Through a combination of friction and compression, the temperature of the air around the Shuttle rises to 3,000* F, hot enough to ionize the air into a glowing plasma trail that

Walter B Myers

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Space Shuttle - Illustration - Space Shuttle reentry - Artwork - The American Space Shuttle returns to Earth protected by its thermal shield. In order for the Space Shuttle to return to Earth it must shed 18,000 miles per hour of velocity and descend low enough to make an unpowered glide to a landing strip. With 115 tons of vehicle traveling fast enough to circle the globe once every 90 minutes, there is a tremendous amount of kinetic energy to dispose of. The Shuttle disposes this energy like every other manned space vehicle: it uses the Earth's atmosphere to convert its kinetic energy into heat. The Shuttle does this by slowly descending into the atmosphere bellyside - down at a 40 degree angle. This presents a large, blunt surface to the rushing air that continues to slow the orbiter for the next 16 minutes. Through a combination of friction and compression, the temperature of the air around the Shuttle rises to 3,000* F, hot enough to ionize the air into a glowing plasma trail that

Walter B Myers

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Huygens probe en route to Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception of the Cassini orbiter shows the Huygens probe separating to enter Titan's atmosphere. After separation, the probe drifts for about three weeks until reaching its destination. Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Huygens probe en route to Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception of the Cassini orbiter shows the Huygens probe separating to enter Titan's atmosphere. After separation, the probe drifts for about three weeks until reaching its destination. Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Huygens probe en route to Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception of the Cassini orbiter shows the Huygens probe separating to enter Titan's atmosphere. After separation, the probe drifts for about three weeks until reaching its destination. Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Huygens probe en route to Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception of the Cassini orbiter shows the Huygens probe separating to enter Titan's atmosphere. After separation, the probe drifts for about three weeks until reaching its destination. Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Huygens probe enters the atmosphere of Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception shows the Huygens probe close to enter Titan's atmosphere. The probe Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Huygens probe enters the atmosphere of Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception shows the Huygens probe close to enter Titan's atmosphere. The probe Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Huygens probe en route to Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception of the Cassini orbiter shows the Huygens probe separating to enter Titan's atmosphere. After separation, the probe drifts for about three weeks until reaching its destination. Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Huygens probe en route to Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception of the Cassini orbiter shows the Huygens probe separating to enter Titan's atmosphere. After separation, the probe drifts for about three weeks until reaching its destination. Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

D. Ducros

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Space Shuttle - Illustration - The Space Shuttle enters Earth orbit - Artwork - The American Space Shuttle maneuvers to position itself in orbit around the Earth. The Space Shuttle reveals a belly covered with thousands of individual thermally protective silica tiles, scorched and charred from numerous reentries of past missions. Nine minutes after launching from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the US Space Shuttle shuts down its engines, she's its massive external fuel tank, and enters freefall 60 miles above the Atlantic ocean. Traveling “” upside down”” at 16,700 miles per hour, the Shuttle has already put over a thousand miles between itself and the launch tower. If uncorrected however, the current trajectory will bring the orbiter back to Earth somewhere halfway around the globe. In order to propel the Shuttle to it's final orbit - - anywhere from 116 and 600 miles high - - the two Orbital Maneuvering System thrusters (the smallest nozzles near the tail) will fire until th

Walter B Myers

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Space Shuttle - Illustration - The Space Shuttle enters Earth orbit - Artwork - The American Space Shuttle maneuvers to position itself in orbit around the Earth. The Space Shuttle reveals a belly covered with thousands of individual thermally protective silica tiles, scorched and charred from numerous reentries of past missions. Nine minutes after launching from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the US Space Shuttle shuts down its engines, she's its massive external fuel tank, and enters freefall 60 miles above the Atlantic ocean. Traveling “” upside down”” at 16,700 miles per hour, the Shuttle has already put over a thousand miles between itself and the launch tower. If uncorrected however, the current trajectory will bring the orbiter back to Earth somewhere halfway around the globe. In order to propel the Shuttle to it's final orbit - - anywhere from 116 and 600 miles high - - the two Orbital Maneuvering System thrusters (the smallest nozzles near the tail) will fire until th

Walter B Myers

PIX4650255

 
Huygens probe enters the atmosphere of Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception shows the Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere. The probe Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

Steven Hobbs

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Huygens probe enters the atmosphere of Titan - The Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere - Artist's view of the European Huygens probe above the atmosphere of Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's conception shows the Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere. The probe Huygens landed on Titan surface on January 14, 2005

Steven Hobbs

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Atmospheric Re - entry Demonstrator (ARD) - Artist's view of the rent in the terrestrial atmosphere of the ARD capsule (Atmospheric Re - entry Demonstrator). Launch into space by an Ariane 5 rocket in October 1998, this capsule was used by Europeans to successfully test the atmosphere and landing parameters for future space flights. The Atmospheric Re - entry Demonstrator (ARD) was released by an Ariane 5 on 21 October 1998. Engineers analysing data from its sub - orbital flight reported that all the capsule's systems had performed well and according to expectations. ARD reached an altitude of 830 km and splashed down to within 4.9 km of its target point in the Pacific Ocean between the Marquises and Hawaii after one hour and 41 minutes. Although not strictly a prototype of a possible future European Crew Transport Vehicle (CTV), which could fly to and from the International Space Station, ARD is a major step towards providing greater confidence in Europe's capabilities in reentry tech

D. Ducros

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Atmospheric Re - entry Demonstrator (ARD) - Artist's view of the rent in the terrestrial atmosphere of the ARD capsule (Atmospheric Re - entry Demonstrator). Launch into space by an Ariane 5 rocket in October 1998, this capsule was used by Europeans to successfully test the atmosphere and landing parameters for future space flights. The Atmospheric Re - entry Demonstrator (ARD) was released by an Ariane 5 on 21 October 1998. Engineers analysing data from its sub - orbital flight reported that all the capsule's systems had performed well and according to expectations. ARD reached an altitude of 830 km and splashed down to within 4.9 km of its target point in the Pacific Ocean between the Marquises and Hawaii after one hour and 41 minutes. Although not strictly a prototype of a possible future European Crew Transport Vehicle (CTV), which could fly to and from the International Space Station, ARD is a major step towards providing greater confidence in Europe's capabilities in reentry tech

D. Ducros

PIX4603780

 
Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery's heat shield seen from ISS 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuvers to present the state of its thermal shield. 28 - 07 - 2005. Underside view of the Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. Jul 28 2005

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery's heat shield seen from ISS 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuvers to present the state of its thermal shield. 28 - 07 - 2005. Underside view of the Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. Jul 28 2005

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Space Shuttle Hermes - Artist's view - European spaceplane Hermes - Illustration - Artist's view of the rent in the terrestrial atmosphere of the European space shuttle Hermes, 1988. This reusable space plane was to be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket and take several spationauts into space. The project under study in the 1980s was finally abandoned in 1993. Artwork made in 1988 showing the european space shuttle Hermes entering the earth atmosphere. This space shuttle was to be launched atop an ariane 5 rocket and should carry astronauts and payloads in space. First studied at the beginning of eighties, this project was cancelled in 1993

D. Ducros

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Space Shuttle Hermes - Artist's view - European spaceplane Hermes - Illustration - Artist's view of the rent in the terrestrial atmosphere of the European space shuttle Hermes, 1988. This reusable space plane was to be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket and take several spationauts into space. The project under study in the 1980s was finally abandoned in 1993. Artwork made in 1988 showing the european space shuttle Hermes entering the earth atmosphere. This space shuttle was to be launched atop an ariane 5 rocket and should carry astronauts and payloads in space. First studied at the beginning of eighties, this project was cancelled in 1993

D. Ducros

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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Extra exit - S.Robinson STS vehicle - 114 08/2005 - Astronaut's shadow on space shuttle Discovery. 08/2005 - Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson's shadow is projected on the tiles that make up the shuttle's thermal shield. 3/08/2005. Space Shuttle Discovery's underside is featured in this image photographed by astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS - 114 mission specialist, during today's extravehicular activities (EVA). Robinson's shadow is visible on the thermal protection tiles. Aug 03 2005

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Extra exit - S.Robinson STS vehicle - 114 08/2005 - Astronaut's shadow on space shuttle Discovery. 08/2005 - Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson's shadow is projected on the tiles that make up the shuttle's thermal shield. 3/08/2005. Space Shuttle Discovery's underside is featured in this image photographed by astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS - 114 mission specialist, during today's extravehicular activities (EVA). Robinson's shadow is visible on the thermal protection tiles. Aug 03 2005

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Thermal Shield - JWST sunshield: Thermal Shield Deployment to Northrop Grumann, California, July 2014. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. The Sunshield on Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest part of the observatory - five layers of thin membrane that must unfurl reliably in space to precise tolerances. Last week, for the first time, engineers stacked and unfurled a full-sized test unit of the Sunshield and it worked perfectly. The Sunshield is about the length of a tennis court, and will be folded up like an umbrella around the Webb telescope's mirrors and instruments during launch. Once it reaches its orbit, the Webb telescope will receive a command from Earth to unfold, and separate the Sunshield's five layers into their precisely stacked arrangement with its kite-like shape

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Thermal Shield - JWST sunshield: Thermal Shield Deployment to Northrop Grumann, California, July 2014. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. The Sunshield on Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest part of the observatory - five layers of thin membrane that must unfurl reliably in space to precise tolerances. Last week, for the first time, engineers stacked and unfurled a full-sized test unit of the Sunshield and it worked perfectly. The Sunshield is about the length of a tennis court, and will be folded up like an umbrella around the Webb telescope's mirrors and instruments during launch. Once it reaches its orbit, the Webb telescope will receive a command from Earth to unfold, and separate the Sunshield's five layers into their precisely stacked arrangement with its kite-like shape

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Discovery Shuttle Inspection - 02/2011 - Discovery Inspection - 02/2011 - The Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS boom), an extension of the American Space Shuttle Canadarm, inspects the thermal shield of Shuttle Discovery for possible damage. February 25, 2011. Controlled by the STS - 133 astronauts inside Discovery's cabin, the Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (RMS/OBSS) equipped with special cameras, begins to conduct thorough inspections of the shuttle's thermal tile system on flight day 2. 25 February 2011

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Discovery Shuttle Inspection - 02/2011 - Discovery Inspection - 02/2011 - The Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS boom), an extension of the American Space Shuttle Canadarm, inspects the thermal shield of Shuttle Discovery for possible damage. February 25, 2011. Controlled by the STS - 133 astronauts inside Discovery's cabin, the Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (RMS/OBSS) equipped with special cameras, begins to conduct thorough inspections of the shuttle's thermal tile system on flight day 2. 25 February 2011

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Space shuttle Discovery is manoeuvring 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuver to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Discovery is manoeuvring seen from ISS 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuvers to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. In his cargo compartment, the Raffaello module. Space Shuttle Discovery was about 600 feet from the International Space Station when cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, photographed the spacecraft as it approached the Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, STS-114 commander, guided the Shuttle through the flip. The photos will be analyzed by engineers on the ground as additional data to evaluate the condition of Discovery's heat shield. The Italian - built Raffaello Multi - Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is visible in the cargo bay

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Shuttle Discovery STS - 114 view of ISS 07/2005 - Discovery is manoeuvring seen from ISS 07/2005 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the international space station maneuvers to present the state of its thermal shield. 28/07/2005. In his cargo compartment, the Raffaello module. Space Shuttle Discovery was about 600 feet from the International Space Station when cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, photographed the spacecraft as it approached the Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, STS-114 commander, guided the Shuttle through the flip. The photos will be analyzed by engineers on the ground as additional data to evaluate the condition of Discovery's heat shield. The Italian - built Raffaello Multi - Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is visible in the cargo bay

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Lunar base -Illustration - Lunar base - Illustration - Artist's view of a lunar base with inflatable habitat, a solar power supply system, and an oxygen extraction system. An inflatable habitat similar to this could represent part of an outpost, forerunner to a permanent inhabited lunar base. The artist has depicted here, along with the inflatable habitat a construction shack and related solar shield, connecting tunnel regolith bags for radiation protection, thermal radiation experimental six-legged walker, solar power system for the lunar oxygen pilot plant and other elements

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Lunar base -Illustration - Lunar base - Illustration - Artist's view of a lunar base with inflatable habitat, a solar power supply system, and an oxygen extraction system. An inflatable habitat similar to this could represent part of an outpost, forerunner to a permanent inhabited lunar base. The artist has depicted here, along with the inflatable habitat a construction shack and related solar shield, connecting tunnel regolith bags for radiation protection, thermal radiation experimental six-legged walker, solar power system for the lunar oxygen pilot plant and other elements

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