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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Short stories in Linktree.
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Ocelus Transfer Laboratory, a design for the late-2100s, intended to test equipment for long term space habitation while making the run to Mars and back. Part of my ongoing project to design interplanetary spacecraft based on the astrology symbols for the planets.
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Ocelus Transfer Laboratory, a design for the late-2100s, intended to test equipment for long term space habitation while making the run to Mars and back. Part of my ongoing project to design interplanetary spacecraft based on the astrology symbols for the planets.
Psychedelic astronaut photography.
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Psychedelic astronaut photography.
An early Space Shuttle concept that included a piloted, reusable flyback launcher; a space shuttle launching a space shuttle.
January 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
An early Space Shuttle concept that included a piloted, reusable flyback launcher; a space shuttle launching a space shuttle.
Reposted by Element115Art
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
January 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My new short story "Peace-2" is now live at Bewildering Stories. It is the story of Vasily Dolgov, a Soviet aerospace engineer in the late 1980s working on Polyus, who is disturbed by the increasing militarization of space.
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1121/pe...
— Retransmitting —
A thread of the short stories I've gotten published this year and where to find them:
(1/8)
(1/8)
January 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
— Retransmitting —
Happy New Year everyone.
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Happy New Year everyone.
2026 prediction: Dune 3 is going to be pretty good.
January 1, 2026 at 3:45 AM
2026 prediction: Dune 3 is going to be pretty good.
I picked a favorite of my renders from each month:
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
December 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I picked a favorite of my renders from each month:
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
Jan: Gemini Rescue concept (historical)
Feb: Orion (stylized)
March: MPD cargo spacecraft (NASA concept)
April: Tongren joint circumlunar station (personal concept)
My new science fiction / space non-fiction reads for the year
December 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My new science fiction / space non-fiction reads for the year
A thread of the short stories I've gotten published this year and where to find them:
(1/8)
(1/8)
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A thread of the short stories I've gotten published this year and where to find them:
(1/8)
(1/8)
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...
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…
apocalypse-confidential.com
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.