A DEACTIVATED planetary lander is slowly buried in sand after exploring a foggy exoplanet. Inspirations were drawn from several existing mars landers.
Concept of a fictional OTRAG offshore launch platform. OTRAG was a private German company trying to provide cheap launch capability by assembling multi-stage rockets from up to dozens of mass-produced SMALLER ONES. Its eventful, unusual and also dubious history is definitely an interesting read. I am not affiliated with the company.
A soviet Luna lander approaches the moon surface in 1970.
The Soviet Vega probes dropped landers on Venus in 1985. Both carried a depicted balloon to explore its atmosphere. They provided valuable scientific data during their short and wild journey through the stormy and acidic venusian cloud layers.
A fictional nuclear powered spaceship passes Saturn.
RELEASE OF A SATELLITE
