#starliner

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1961 Ford Galaxie Starliner

[nasa]

Anonymous asked:

What is the best about being mission control?

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Studebaker Champion Starliner Hardtop, 1953. A restomod Starliner built by JV Enterprises powered by a 427ci Eaton supercharged Chevrolet LS3 V8. The American Racing wheels are 18inch front and 20inch rear with Wilwood disc brakes and Kugel Komponents high-performance independent front and rear suspension. Below is an Art Fitzgerald illustration of an original Starliner for a set of U.S. Postage Stamps.

[nocternalrandomness]

Lockheed L-1649A Starliner

The Lockheed L-1649 Starliner was the last model of the Lockheed Constellation line of airliners. it was built at Lockheed's Burbank, California plant from 1956 to 1958.

[theseworldsareyours]

Early Culture Star Cruise Ship by James Fletcher

[nsdclassic]

Ford Starliner drag racer

[thewinterraven]

Have a sketched missing scene from the end of Starliner - Kirby finally sees someone who looks like him

(Self indulgent) Bonus:

[duxbak22]

1961 Ford Starliner tripower

[vintageadsmakemehappy]

1952 Studebaker Starliner automobile ad

[spaceflight-insider]

New problems indefinitely delay Starliner Crew Flight Test

The Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test is being readied at Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Boeing / John Grant Two newly discovered issues have prompted NASA and Boeing to postpone the launch of Starliner’s Crew Flight Test, which was expected in July. Continue reading Untitled

[tibli]

also i just discovered this yesterday, but if you guys like fancomics and are fond of the kirby anime, i HIGHLY recommend reading @thewinterraven 's Starliner and Starliner Legacy comics because they fucking rule. Starliner is complete, whereas Legacy is still ongoing and contains pretty major spoilers for Starliner. i happened upon both comics while i was poking around in the galaxia tag.

basically it takes place around the end of the anime, with some things switched up, some game characters added, a few twists, and a whole lot of intrigue. also the art is fucking GONGEOUS like LOOK at this:

(i tried to pick a panel from Legacy that i really liked that DIDNT contain huge spoilers for the comic and that was significantly harder than i thought it would be lol. the whole comic is gorgeous but goddamn every panel is basically a spoiler if you havent read Starliner lmaoooo)

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1962 Thunderbird with a 1961 Starliner roof

[nasa]

Tune in, Starliner! How NASA’s Near Space Network Powers Communications

On May 19, 2022, our partners at Boeing launched their Starliner CST-100 spacecraft to the International Space Station as a part of our Commercial Crew Program. This latest test puts the company one step closer to joining the SpaceX Crew Dragon in ferrying astronauts to and from the orbiting laboratory. We livestreamed the launch and docking at the International Space Station, but how? Let’s look at the communications and navigation infrastructure that makes these missions possible.

Primary voice and data communications are handled by our constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), part of our Near Space Network. These spacecraft relay communications between the crewed vehicles and mission controllers across the country via terrestrial connections with TDRS ground stations in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean.

TDRS, as the primary communications provider for the space station, is central to the services provided to Commercial Crew vehicles. All spacecraft visiting the orbiting laboratory need TDRS services to successfully complete their missions.

During launches, human spaceflight mission managers ensure that Commercial Crew missions receive all the TDRS services they need from the Near Space Operations Control Center at our Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. There, communications engineers synthesize network components into comprehensive and seamless services for spacecraft as they launch, dock, undock, and deorbit from the space station.

Nearby, at our Flight Dynamics Facility, navigation engineers track the spacecraft on their ascent, leveraging years of experience supporting the navigation needs of crewed missions. Using tracking data sent to our Johnson Space Center in Houston and relayed to Goddard, these engineers ensure astronaut safety throughout the vehicles’ journey to the space station.

Additionally, our Search and Rescue office monitors emergency beacons on Commercial Crew vehicles from their lab at Goddard. In the unlikely event of a launch abort, the international satellite-aided search and rescue network will be able to track and locate these beacons, helping rescue professionals to return the astronauts safely. For this specific uncrewed mission, the search and rescue system onboard the Boeing Starliner will not be activated until after landing for ground testing.

To learn more about NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) services and technologies, visit  https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/index.html. To learn more about NASA’s Near Space Network, visit https://esc.gsfc.nasa.gov/projects/NSN.

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[en-wheelz-me]

Ford Starliner

[nocternalrandomness]

Boeing CST-100 Starliner

[raydarmagdave]

The #maycausedangerous #Ford #starliner owned by @k__i__r__k at the 2009 @sacramentoautorama (at Sacramento Autorama) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClcdVMqP3zO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=