Element115Art
@element115.bsky.social
Concept art for non-existent space programs. No AI, using only FOSS (Blender and GIMP)
Short stories in Linktree.
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Read my newest short story "Darkness Gathers Her Lambs" — some First Contact mayhem — in Apocalypse Confidential's giallo-themed CLOAK & DAGGER special. Now out.
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A SPECIAL PRESENTATION: CLOAK & DAGGER
There is a locked room. You have the key, if only your mind could recall where you hid it. Your mind is a locked room as well, and the possessor of its key lurks behind you. The key is a knife. Thi…
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December 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Read my newest short story "Darkness Gathers Her Lambs" — some First Contact mayhem — in Apocalypse Confidential's giallo-themed CLOAK & DAGGER special. Now out.
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/12/21/a...
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/12/21/a...
Ocelus Transfer Laboratory, a design for the late-2100s. With a crew of 40, it is designed to develop interplanetary technologies while making the run to Mars and back. This is part of my project to create spacecraft based on the planetary astrology signs, in this case: Mars.
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ocelus Transfer Laboratory, a design for the late-2100s. With a crew of 40, it is designed to develop interplanetary technologies while making the run to Mars and back. This is part of my project to create spacecraft based on the planetary astrology signs, in this case: Mars.
Ah yeah, it's Friday
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ah yeah, it's Friday
The Corvair space shuttle from The Simpsons "Deep Space Homer" (S5E15). Crew: Buzz Aldrin, Race Banyon, Homer Simpson.
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Corvair space shuttle from The Simpsons "Deep Space Homer" (S5E15). Crew: Buzz Aldrin, Race Banyon, Homer Simpson.
Long-term CNSA plans include a nuclear-powered Neptune probe that will arrive in the 2040s. In addition to exploring Neptune, the probe will launch orbiters to centaurs or asteroids of interest en route. It does not have a name yet, but I think Jingwei would be a nice one.
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Long-term CNSA plans include a nuclear-powered Neptune probe that will arrive in the 2040s. In addition to exploring Neptune, the probe will launch orbiters to centaurs or asteroids of interest en route. It does not have a name yet, but I think Jingwei would be a nice one.
ISS in an alternate-past: Two TKSs and an early Space Shuttle design docked to McDonnell Douglas's Growth Space Station.
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
ISS in an alternate-past: Two TKSs and an early Space Shuttle design docked to McDonnell Douglas's Growth Space Station.
The TKS was a Soviet design for a space station logistics craft that could carry a crew of three. It flew uncrewed test missions, but was canceled before it could fly in its intended role. The design was later reused for Mir and ISS space station modules.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The TKS was a Soviet design for a space station logistics craft that could carry a crew of three. It flew uncrewed test missions, but was canceled before it could fly in its intended role. The design was later reused for Mir and ISS space station modules.
Orion renders:
1) and 2), renders of the spacecraft
3) Size comparison between Orion and Apollo CSM
4) Tongren, my concept for a joint US-Chinese moon-orbiting space station
1) and 2), renders of the spacecraft
3) Size comparison between Orion and Apollo CSM
4) Tongren, my concept for a joint US-Chinese moon-orbiting space station
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Orion renders:
1) and 2), renders of the spacecraft
3) Size comparison between Orion and Apollo CSM
4) Tongren, my concept for a joint US-Chinese moon-orbiting space station
1) and 2), renders of the spacecraft
3) Size comparison between Orion and Apollo CSM
4) Tongren, my concept for a joint US-Chinese moon-orbiting space station
The TKS was a Soviet design for a space station logistics spacecraft, capable to carrying a crew of three. Although it never flew a crew in its intended role, the design was reworked into space station modules for the Mir and ISS.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The TKS was a Soviet design for a space station logistics spacecraft, capable to carrying a crew of three. Although it never flew a crew in its intended role, the design was reworked into space station modules for the Mir and ISS.
TKS: Vladimir Chemolei's space station logistics craft. Designed to support Almaz military stations, it could carry a crew of three. Despite successful test flights, it never flew a crew. Rather, the design was reconfigured and used as Mir and ISS modules (Zarya and Nauka).
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
TKS: Vladimir Chemolei's space station logistics craft. Designed to support Almaz military stations, it could carry a crew of three. Despite successful test flights, it never flew a crew. Rather, the design was reconfigured and used as Mir and ISS modules (Zarya and Nauka).
Historical unbuilt Gemini concepts:
1) Lunar Reconnaissance Gemini for mapping the lunar surface
2) Mission to rendezvous with the Pegasus micrometeorite satellite
3) Big Gemini space station logistics craft
4) Rescue Gemini for picking up stranded Apollo astronauts
1) Lunar Reconnaissance Gemini for mapping the lunar surface
2) Mission to rendezvous with the Pegasus micrometeorite satellite
3) Big Gemini space station logistics craft
4) Rescue Gemini for picking up stranded Apollo astronauts
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Historical unbuilt Gemini concepts:
1) Lunar Reconnaissance Gemini for mapping the lunar surface
2) Mission to rendezvous with the Pegasus micrometeorite satellite
3) Big Gemini space station logistics craft
4) Rescue Gemini for picking up stranded Apollo astronauts
1) Lunar Reconnaissance Gemini for mapping the lunar surface
2) Mission to rendezvous with the Pegasus micrometeorite satellite
3) Big Gemini space station logistics craft
4) Rescue Gemini for picking up stranded Apollo astronauts
The Avco 7969 was designed for the USAF Man in Space Soonest program of the late 50s. It used a deployable drag chute instead of retrorockets to initiate reentry. None of the MISS projects flew, and NASA was given the mission of sending up the first astronaut.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Avco 7969 was designed for the USAF Man in Space Soonest program of the late 50s. It used a deployable drag chute instead of retrorockets to initiate reentry. None of the MISS projects flew, and NASA was given the mission of sending up the first astronaut.
The Avco 7969 was an unusual, unflown late 50s USAF crewed spaceflight concept. Instead of retrorockets, it would use a steel mesh drag brake to slow the spaceraft for reentry. This had an advantage of saving weight and being simpler than a traditional retrorocket system.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Avco 7969 was an unusual, unflown late 50s USAF crewed spaceflight concept. Instead of retrorockets, it would use a steel mesh drag brake to slow the spaceraft for reentry. This had an advantage of saving weight and being simpler than a traditional retrorocket system.
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Happy Halloween!
Check out my newest short story "You Who Dwell in the Dust" in Nocturne Magazine ( @nocturnemag.bsky.social )
It's about Mars.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
Check out my newest short story "You Who Dwell in the Dust" in Nocturne Magazine ( @nocturnemag.bsky.social )
It's about Mars.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Renders from my alternate history project wherein I designed 80s military spacecraft based on the ships from Star Wars; a world where the Strategic Defense Initiative conformed more strictly to its nickname.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Renders from my alternate history project wherein I designed 80s military spacecraft based on the ships from Star Wars; a world where the Strategic Defense Initiative conformed more strictly to its nickname.
Zond 5 returns to Earth. Flown in September 1968, it was a test flight for a Soviet crewed circumlunar mission. Although that mission never happened, Zond 5 was the 1st spacecraft to make a circumlunar flight, making the two turtles it carried the 1st creatures to reach the moon.
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Zond 5 returns to Earth. Flown in September 1968, it was a test flight for a Soviet crewed circumlunar mission. Although that mission never happened, Zond 5 was the 1st spacecraft to make a circumlunar flight, making the two turtles it carried the 1st creatures to reach the moon.
While the crew of Apollo 8 were the first human beings to reach the moon and return, two Soviet turtles were the first Earth creatures to accomplish the feat. They were launch aboard Zond 5 on September 14, 1968 and splashed down on September 21st.
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
While the crew of Apollo 8 were the first human beings to reach the moon and return, two Soviet turtles were the first Earth creatures to accomplish the feat. They were launch aboard Zond 5 on September 14, 1968 and splashed down on September 21st.
Happy Halloween!
Check out my newest short story "You Who Dwell in the Dust" in Nocturne Magazine ( @nocturnemag.bsky.social )
It's about Mars.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
Check out my newest short story "You Who Dwell in the Dust" in Nocturne Magazine ( @nocturnemag.bsky.social )
It's about Mars.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy Halloween!
Check out my newest short story "You Who Dwell in the Dust" in Nocturne Magazine ( @nocturnemag.bsky.social )
It's about Mars.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
Check out my newest short story "You Who Dwell in the Dust" in Nocturne Magazine ( @nocturnemag.bsky.social )
It's about Mars.
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
Happy Halloween from Salem!
Some pictures I took this month.
Some pictures I took this month.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Halloween from Salem!
Some pictures I took this month.
Some pictures I took this month.
Lunar Liner, sometime in the 2100s. The whole ship would spin around its axis to provide some artificial gravity to the six inflatable passenger modules. The ship would be boosted via space tug to the moon, then return to pick up more passengers before being boosted again.
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Lunar Liner, sometime in the 2100s. The whole ship would spin around its axis to provide some artificial gravity to the six inflatable passenger modules. The ship would be boosted via space tug to the moon, then return to pick up more passengers before being boosted again.
Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) and Voyager 2.
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) and Voyager 2.
In Cassandra Peterson's @therealelvira.bsky.social memoir "Yours Cruelly, Elvira" she mentions a gig where she was hired to "[wear] a silver lamé bikini while standing in a 'Vanna White pose' next to the Voyager II spacecraft at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory."
I need to see a picture of this.
I need to see a picture of this.
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In Cassandra Peterson's @therealelvira.bsky.social memoir "Yours Cruelly, Elvira" she mentions a gig where she was hired to "[wear] a silver lamé bikini while standing in a 'Vanna White pose' next to the Voyager II spacecraft at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory."
I need to see a picture of this.
I need to see a picture of this.
USS Triangulum (NCC-82115), a Galathea-class science vessel (my own design). The Galathea-class is a demilitarized Defiant variant. When the Dominion War ended there were Defiants in various states of completion. Some were retrofitted to this specification.
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
USS Triangulum (NCC-82115), a Galathea-class science vessel (my own design). The Galathea-class is a demilitarized Defiant variant. When the Dominion War ended there were Defiants in various states of completion. Some were retrofitted to this specification.
On a recent DS9 rewatch I realized that we never actually see Earth's orbital defenses, so I made this: the Defense Sphere. They have a crew of 10, impulse engines but no warp drive, and two phaser strips. They are designed to be simple to build and deployed in large numbers.
October 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
On a recent DS9 rewatch I realized that we never actually see Earth's orbital defenses, so I made this: the Defense Sphere. They have a crew of 10, impulse engines but no warp drive, and two phaser strips. They are designed to be simple to build and deployed in large numbers.