Nick Stevens
@nick-stevens.com
Nick Stevens Graphics, based in Moldova, and keenly interested in the obscure corners of the Soviet Space Program. Busy restoring old infographics, and making CGI renders. Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
I was trying again to get engaged with the latest Foundation series. Suddenly realised the problem was that strong sounds or “background“ music were what made it hard to follow.
Maybe just me? I always found it hard to follow conversations in noisy pubs...
Maybe just me? I always found it hard to follow conversations in noisy pubs...
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
I was trying again to get engaged with the latest Foundation series. Suddenly realised the problem was that strong sounds or “background“ music were what made it hard to follow.
Maybe just me? I always found it hard to follow conversations in noisy pubs...
Maybe just me? I always found it hard to follow conversations in noisy pubs...
Well, it's unlikely that anyone here will remember, but a friend just found some old business cards I made for the dial-up bulletin board I used to run in the days before the World Wide Web, called Starbase One...
Maybe someone else remembers Fidonet though...
Or FoReM software...
Maybe someone else remembers Fidonet though...
Or FoReM software...
January 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Well, it's unlikely that anyone here will remember, but a friend just found some old business cards I made for the dial-up bulletin board I used to run in the days before the World Wide Web, called Starbase One...
Maybe someone else remembers Fidonet though...
Or FoReM software...
Maybe someone else remembers Fidonet though...
Or FoReM software...
N1 video clips.
Most are well known, but the bits in the factory are new to me, (at least in video form).
Most are well known, but the bits in the factory are new to me, (at least in video form).
January 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
N1 video clips.
Most are well known, but the bits in the factory are new to me, (at least in video form).
Most are well known, but the bits in the factory are new to me, (at least in video form).
Earth from the Moon, 1928 Soviet Union magazine cover for "Around the World".
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Earth from the Moon, 1928 Soviet Union magazine cover for "Around the World".
"Youth of the World" Soviet Magazine cover, date unknown.
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
"Youth of the World" Soviet Magazine cover, date unknown.
Cosmonauts Komarov and Leonov with video cameras.
January 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Cosmonauts Komarov and Leonov with video cameras.
Space suit test for Valentina Tereshkova.
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Space suit test for Valentina Tereshkova.
Soviet "Around the World" magazine from 1930, (AI enlarged).
January 9, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Soviet "Around the World" magazine from 1930, (AI enlarged).
Cover of the Soviet science magazine "Around the World", issue 47, 1929.
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Cover of the Soviet science magazine "Around the World", issue 47, 1929.
I'm gathering info for a possible article and model of the Soviet space missile designs.
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I'm gathering info for a possible article and model of the Soviet space missile designs.
Globus was a small rotating globe, approximately five inches wide, displaying the spacecraft's current and projected position above Earth. Instead of digital systems, it operated through a complex network of gears, cams, and mechanical differentials that converted orbital data into globe motion.
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Globus was a small rotating globe, approximately five inches wide, displaying the spacecraft's current and projected position above Earth. Instead of digital systems, it operated through a complex network of gears, cams, and mechanical differentials that converted orbital data into globe motion.
Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov in "Death of Stalin"
Completely dominates every time he's on screen.
Played as a Yorkshireman, and astonishingly it works perfectly.
Completely dominates every time he's on screen.
Played as a Yorkshireman, and astonishingly it works perfectly.
January 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov in "Death of Stalin"
Completely dominates every time he's on screen.
Played as a Yorkshireman, and astonishingly it works perfectly.
Completely dominates every time he's on screen.
Played as a Yorkshireman, and astonishingly it works perfectly.
I'm trying out "letsenhance" for web based image enlargement, (not generative)
Seems significantly better than Topaz tools, much better at not mangling text. And better with "small but clean" drawings ; diagrams.
letsenhance.io/boost
Bias towards western alphabets.
"pay per view" pricing.
Seems significantly better than Topaz tools, much better at not mangling text. And better with "small but clean" drawings ; diagrams.
letsenhance.io/boost
Bias towards western alphabets.
"pay per view" pricing.
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I'm trying out "letsenhance" for web based image enlargement, (not generative)
Seems significantly better than Topaz tools, much better at not mangling text. And better with "small but clean" drawings ; diagrams.
letsenhance.io/boost
Bias towards western alphabets.
"pay per view" pricing.
Seems significantly better than Topaz tools, much better at not mangling text. And better with "small but clean" drawings ; diagrams.
letsenhance.io/boost
Bias towards western alphabets.
"pay per view" pricing.
Belka and Strelka space dogs ornament.
January 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Belka and Strelka space dogs ornament.
I had a go at cleaning up and translating.
January 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I had a go at cleaning up and translating.
By Ryazanov Yuri Filippovich, 1979.
From August 26 to September 3, 1978, Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky (1934-2019), commander of the Soyuz-31 spacecraft, and Sigmund Werner Paul Jehn (1937-2019) (GDR), made the 3rd flight in the Intercosmos program.
The flight lasted 7 days, 20 hours, and 49 minutes.
From August 26 to September 3, 1978, Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky (1934-2019), commander of the Soyuz-31 spacecraft, and Sigmund Werner Paul Jehn (1937-2019) (GDR), made the 3rd flight in the Intercosmos program.
The flight lasted 7 days, 20 hours, and 49 minutes.
January 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
By Ryazanov Yuri Filippovich, 1979.
From August 26 to September 3, 1978, Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky (1934-2019), commander of the Soyuz-31 spacecraft, and Sigmund Werner Paul Jehn (1937-2019) (GDR), made the 3rd flight in the Intercosmos program.
The flight lasted 7 days, 20 hours, and 49 minutes.
From August 26 to September 3, 1978, Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky (1934-2019), commander of the Soyuz-31 spacecraft, and Sigmund Werner Paul Jehn (1937-2019) (GDR), made the 3rd flight in the Intercosmos program.
The flight lasted 7 days, 20 hours, and 49 minutes.
Cosmonaut P.I. Belyaev in his spacesuit on the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome before landing in the Voskhod-2 spacecraft. Baikonur, March 18, 1965.
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Cosmonaut P.I. Belyaev in his spacesuit on the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome before landing in the Voskhod-2 spacecraft. Baikonur, March 18, 1965.
Officers of the 1st group of military unit 03079 near Buran OK, pl. No. 251, Yubileiny airfield, November 1988.
Salavat Armanshin, Izhevsk -
"Officers of the 12th navigation aids team: Armanshin Salavat, Vyacheslav Ryavkin, Sergey Menshakov, Viktor Cherepanov."
Photo Anatoly Demtsun, Solnechnogorsk.
Salavat Armanshin, Izhevsk -
"Officers of the 12th navigation aids team: Armanshin Salavat, Vyacheslav Ryavkin, Sergey Menshakov, Viktor Cherepanov."
Photo Anatoly Demtsun, Solnechnogorsk.
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Officers of the 1st group of military unit 03079 near Buran OK, pl. No. 251, Yubileiny airfield, November 1988.
Salavat Armanshin, Izhevsk -
"Officers of the 12th navigation aids team: Armanshin Salavat, Vyacheslav Ryavkin, Sergey Menshakov, Viktor Cherepanov."
Photo Anatoly Demtsun, Solnechnogorsk.
Salavat Armanshin, Izhevsk -
"Officers of the 12th navigation aids team: Armanshin Salavat, Vyacheslav Ryavkin, Sergey Menshakov, Viktor Cherepanov."
Photo Anatoly Demtsun, Solnechnogorsk.
Happy New Year!
Some of my favourite Soviet Union spacey greetings cards.
Some of my favourite Soviet Union spacey greetings cards.
December 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy New Year!
Some of my favourite Soviet Union spacey greetings cards.
Some of my favourite Soviet Union spacey greetings cards.
Cosmonaut A.A. Leonov in one of the classrooms of the Cosmonaut Training Center, designing the New Year’s edition of the wall newspaper. [1964]. RGANTD. Archive No. 0-6407b.
![Cosmonaut A.A. Leonov in one of the classrooms of the Cosmonaut Training Center, designing the New Year’s edition of the wall newspaper. [1964]. RGANTD. Archive No. 0-6407b.
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December 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Cosmonaut A.A. Leonov in one of the classrooms of the Cosmonaut Training Center, designing the New Year’s edition of the wall newspaper. [1964]. RGANTD. Archive No. 0-6407b.
Interesting...
Waifu did NOT eliminate the jaggies, but it did not make stuff up / distort either.
Worth knowing about, thanks.
Waifu did NOT eliminate the jaggies, but it did not make stuff up / distort either.
Worth knowing about, thanks.
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Interesting...
Waifu did NOT eliminate the jaggies, but it did not make stuff up / distort either.
Worth knowing about, thanks.
Waifu did NOT eliminate the jaggies, but it did not make stuff up / distort either.
Worth knowing about, thanks.
Anyone got any thoughts on the best tool for AI image enlarging? Particularly small diagrams, like this?
NOT generative!
Topaz got worse and switched to rental...
@owenrichardscgi.bsky.social ?
NOT generative!
Topaz got worse and switched to rental...
@owenrichardscgi.bsky.social ?
December 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Anyone got any thoughts on the best tool for AI image enlarging? Particularly small diagrams, like this?
NOT generative!
Topaz got worse and switched to rental...
@owenrichardscgi.bsky.social ?
NOT generative!
Topaz got worse and switched to rental...
@owenrichardscgi.bsky.social ?
Three nice photos of the Antonov An-225
December 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Three nice photos of the Antonov An-225
Three B&W photos of a LUN class ecranoplan.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Three B&W photos of a LUN class ecranoplan.
Not one but THREE great colour photos of the LUN class ecranoplan, a ground effect vehicle related to the hovercraft.
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Not one but THREE great colour photos of the LUN class ecranoplan, a ground effect vehicle related to the hovercraft.