Identifying Spaceships In Posts

I ID spaceships and launch vehicles in posts.

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The sun rises over Artemis II's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft the morning of launch, 04/01/2026 | 📸 NASA/Joel Kowsky

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Truly one of the all-time great launch photos.

📸 Steven Madow

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Space Launch System

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Artemis II my beloved 🫶🏻✨

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Space Launch System with Orion Spacecraft (Artist's conception)

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"here am i floating round in my tin can..."

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Orion Capsule (artist's conception)

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Titan-Gemini (artist's conception)

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Sputnik 1 (replica)

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Atlas LV-3B, vehicle 107D, with Mercury capsule "Friendship 7"

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Atlas #109-D, "Friendship 7" Mercury capsule, and John Glenn in Mercury Spacesuit (Artist's Rendering)

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Astronaut, possibly Alan Bean works beside Lunar Module Intrepid, Apollo 12.

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This is indeed Alan Bean and Apollo image AS12-46-6785, whose description in NASA's EVA-1 album reads:

"116:34:14 Al has placed the RTG package on the ground. Note the cooling fins on the RTG. Note the pull rings on the edge closest to Al. These pull rings are used to release "pip pins" with which some pieces of equipment are attached to the RTG pallet. The light-colored piece of gear that is attached to the part of the RTG pallet that is on top in this picture is the SIDE (Suprathermal Ion Detection Experiment). Note the deployment rail and pulleys extending out from the SEQ bay above the upper ends of the lanyards. The distinctive ring-shaped top of the fuel cask can be seen behind the left-hand SEQ bay door. The landing radar is under the SEQ Bay, directly beneath the partition separating the two ALSEP compartments. The shield that protects the radar from descent engine exhaust is farther to the right. Note the saddlebag on Al's left hip and note, also, that Pete's shadow shows that he is wearing one too."

Also: LM-6 Intrepid

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US UARP V2 number 28, "Sandy"

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The inflection point was probably in late 1966 or 1967, so when Neil Armstrong flew to space on Gemini 8, plate tectonics was not widely accepted, but when he landed on the Moon three years later it was the mainstream consensus.

Continents [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Two spacecraft, a Gemini capsule and an Agena Target Vehicle with a loose tether connecting them, are in space over the Mediterranean with Italy in the background]

Spacecraft: Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they've been since the earth formed.

[Caption beneath panel:]

I still can't believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.

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Gemini SC11 or SC 12 and Gemini Agena Target Vehicle 5006 or 5001A, respectively, artist's rendering.

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Intelsat I

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Carl Zoschke

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Apollo Lunar Module, ascent and descent stages

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F-16 Bubble Bath (Hangar fire suppression system testing)

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tee hee ass picture

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Skylab with docked Apollo Spaceship

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Sputnik I (artist's conception)