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Mon, Jun 10, 2019
With multinational input, the ISS is currently the largest single structure humans have put into space. Constructed between1998 and 2011, and continuously occupied since November 2000, it now weighs 391 tonnes. The first module, the Russia Zarya, was launched by a Proton rocket 20 Nov 1998. Two weeks later, STS 88, a space shuttle flight, added the NASA Unity, or Node 1 module. Astronauts from STS 88 then connected the two parts of the station together. The truss, solar panels and airlocks were launched in stages throughout the ISS lifetime and in 2017 new docking adapters were added for future commercial spacecraft arrivals. Current plans are to operate to 2024 and maybe 2028.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2019
GPO AMETHYST is a Heavy Lift Vessel built in 2018, currently sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands. With a carrying capacity of 63581 t DWT and a draught of 8.7 meters, her length overall is 225.01 meters and her width is 48.02 meters. Her four 9600Hp diesel engines drive generators to produce 8000Kw for the electric stern drive motors, which turn her variable pitch twin propellers.
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Sat, Dec 14, 2019
Designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Ukrain, Soviet Union during the 1980s, the Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft. With a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes, it is powered by six Progress D-18T turbofan engines and is the heaviest aircraft ever built.