Mechanics made visible: Forces acting on a glider in atmospheric flight.	Need more data? Just open a few more MFD displays.	The eyecandy department kicks into action with level-10 support: looking good at half the altitude.

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A panoramic view of the delta-glider's virtual cockpit.	New atmospheric haze render algorithm.	New celestial and surface markers in planetarium mode.
Spacecraft now cast shadows on the ground.	The high-resolution area around the Kennedy Space Center has been enlarged.	The delta-glider has been completely redesigned.
More colourful reflections and cloud shadows on the surface.	Pillar of smoke: The shuttle lifting off in spectacular fashion ...	... and SRB separation with smoke trail.
Reentry rendering with particle system.	Orbiter now supports planetary resolution level 9 (16384x8192 pixel effective texture size). Includes a new land/water mask for Earth.	The excellent Project Alpha International Space Station will become Orbiter's default ISS, courtesy Andrew Farnaby. (1600x1200 wallpaper version)
The new ISS orbiting a level-9 textured Earth. (1600x1200 wallpaper version)	The lunar surface is now rendered with Jens Meyer's Moon textures.	Recapturing satellites with the Shuttle.
Improved flight model: Runway takeoff with the glider	Using thrust-vectoring to compensate for the loss of an engine	Roger "Frying Tiger" Long's superb new Shutttle-A class.
A new Vehicle Assembly Building thanks to Valerio Oss - Pixel Cartoon - www.pixelcartoon.it	By popular demand: V-V docking.	Assembling a space station in orbit.
The new Delta glider Mk3 taking off from the International Space Station.	More panel instrumentation for the glider.	Jason Benson's improved MIR.
Somebody finally found the light switch!	The next version will use the new BlueMarble Earth textures by default.	Polished marble: Oceans now reflect the Sun. Earth with improved atmospheric haze rendering.
Space Shuttle Atlantis during booster separation - an example for the new multistage support.	New exhaust visuals using a particle system.	Atlantis docked to the International Space Station. Note the improved reflection from the station's solar panels.
Sunrise at the International Space Station	Improved ISS mesh	Europe with new textures.
Better lunar ephemeris calculation - this is the 1999 solar eclipse.	Launch from Habana International at dusk	Sunset over Cape Canaveral
Jupiter	Custom MFD mode support. The standard Orbiter distribution now comes with a plugin Ascent profile recorder.	Takeoff from launch pad 1.
Mercury in high resolution	Mars, with Phobos passing in the foreground.	Earthrise
Saturn	Uranus	Neptune

	Addon images

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Explorer 1, Americas first artificial satellite. Americas answer to Sputnik. Authors: Jim Williams, Rob Conley, Brad Hodges, Dealer McDope	Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite still in orbit to this day! (and will be for the next 300 years) Authors: Jim Williams, Rodion Herrera	Space Shuttle touchdown observed by a chase plane. By Don Gallagher and Dave Hopkins
NASA Apollo Saturn Simulation Project (NASSP): Apollo/Saturn launching from the Kennedy Space Center (NASSP homepage)	NASSP: Instrument Panel - Graphics Artwork by P64 and Rabiddogs	The Space: 1999 Eagle Transporter entering Lunar orbit.  Available at http://www.concentric.net / ~frytiger / eagle1.zip Model and textures by Roger "Frying Tiger" Long
For SF fans: Orion approaching the new textured Station V (requires 2001 addon v1.1, available from addon repositories)	Ranger 7, America's first probes to impact and photograph the Moon. Authored by Jim Williams and Rob Conely	Alternate solar system based around Sirius, the brightest star as seen from Earth. Author: James S. Williams
HopeX Orbiter. NASDA proposal for a low cost reusable shuttle to be launched by an H2 rocket. Author: McDope. Available at: Orbital Mods	Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6, also designated Friendship 7) was the first orbital flight of an American rocket with a human on board. The pilot was John H. Glenn, Jr. Authors: Rob Conley, Jim Williams, Brian Sikemma, Markus Mehring, and Robyn Lauryssen-Mitchell	Gerry Anderson's Supercar. A space going version of the craft from Gerry Anderson's 1960s TV series. Modelled by Austin Tate. Supercar can travel on-land, underwater, through the air and in space. Download.
Soyuz has been one of the most successful spacecrafts ever: unexpensive and reusable. It is still being used today to deliver crews and consumables to the ISS. Author: McDope. Available at: Orbital Mods.	The X-20 Dynasoar is a military project that was expected to replace the X-15 for orbital interception and reconnaissance missions. Authors: Rob Conley, McDope. Available at: MSC, Orbital Mods	The X-34: A commercial design from the american company Orbital, whose main aim is to find a cheap, reuseable vehicle to deploy commercial satellites in LEO. Author: McDope. Available at: Orbital Mods
The X-37, a reusable launch vehicle, is designed to operate in both the orbital and reentry phases of flight. Author: McDope. Available at: Orbital Mods	The Shenzhou (Divine Vessel) is the chinese proposal for a manned spacecraft. It may be launched this year by a Long March CZ-2F rocket. Author: McDope. Available at: Orbital Mods.