@brickmack

Artist, software engineer Models available at https://xitter.cf/t.co/rnYGQM5vKx

 Indiana
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Joined January 2011
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[Updated pinned/intro post] I'm Mack Crawford, a 3d artist bringing the past, present, and future of spaceflight to life. I hope my work inspires someone out there
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Boeing's Personnel Launch System approaching Freedom to dock
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One minor note also. I show the main RCS firing here, this would be used during the rendezvous phase, but for the final docking maneuver, an entirely separate cold gas thruster system would be used to avoid contaminating the station
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After reaching orbit, Boeing's Personnel Launch System separates from the second stage of its ALS rocket, rotates around, and redocks to and extracts a comanifested space station logistics module, to be tugged to Freedom
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Recently-uploaded spacecraft models on my CGTrader: cgtrader.com/designers/brick…
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While First Lunar Outpost baselined a single-launch architecture, towards the end of the program an Earth-orbit rendezvous alternative was proposed. The third stage of the HLV would be deleted, instead refueling the second stage
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For FLO itself this was not a very attractive option; three launches would be needed to deliver the piloted lander and habitat (stacked together), which could otherwise be done in just two. But this could enable very large payloads to be sent to deep space, up to 350 tons to TLI
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Mack Crawford retweeted
ToughSF@ToughSfOct 15
I heard you like Orion so here's Orion on top of Orion. #space #art by @brickmack deviantart.com/brickmack/art…
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Agena was more than just an upper stage, it could also operate as a satellite bus, performing months-or-years-long missions after inserting itself into orbit. For instance, the KH-8 reconnaissance satellite Render in Blender
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Triangle
maks@galopujacy_jezSep 30
1984 "Delta" space station concept, one of the four considered for what would become Space Station Freedom
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Saturn II (INT-18) was a proposed derivative of Saturn V, eliminating the S-IC. A modified S-II would become the new stage 1, augmented by Titan SRBs. The study considered various configurations, with 5 or 7 J-2s, stretching the S-II, and 2 or 4 SRBs with 4, 5, or 7 segments
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McDonnell Douglas's reusable Space Transportation System booster deploys a modified Saturn S-II upper stage on a heavy-lift cargo mission. The McD STS could fly with either a reusable orbiter, S-II, or S-IVB augmented with optional solid boosters
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Mack Crawford retweeted
Mack Crawford@brickmack10 Nov 2025
NASA's First Lunar Outpost at lunar morning. The pressurized element is derived from Space Station Freedom's laboratory/habitat modules. In the distance, a set of deployable experiment packages have been set up for astronomical and geological observations
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Launch of McDonnell Douglas's Space Shuttle proposal. The orbiter is carried to altitude aboard a winged flyback booster, which can also be used with a conventional upper stage for heavy uncrewed launches
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Design evolution of the Blue Moon HLS (approximately to scale) Revised version
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The Blue Moon Human Landing System, moments before touchdown on the lunar surface
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Blue Moon Mk2 begins its deorbit burn over the moon
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Design evolution of the Blue Moon HLS (approximately to scale)
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These studies included orbital tugs that'd carry more payload than the fueled weight of an entire Starship stack. The ISS, if shown to scale in the first picture [just of one of the assembly tools], would be about half the size of one of the letters in the text
Mack Crawford@brickmackJun 18
Replying to @brickmack @TiagoNugent
There's also the Space Solar Power studies, which were closest to an Earth shipyard in scale. In-orbit fabrication of hundred-meter to multiple-kilometer structures, with multiple dedicated stations in LEO and GEO for manufacturing and assembly plus support stations for crew
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Are people just blind now or what?
Thales Alenia Space@Thales_Alenia_SJun 11
A new chapter in European space logistic is approaching. The countdown for the introduction of our upcoming autonomous Low Earth Orbit cargo vehicle has begun. Stay tuned. #spaceforlife @thalesgroup @Leonardo_IT @esa @ASI_spazio
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