Build a space station in Minecraft. Minecraft: Galacticraft Mod - let's go explore space. Why build space stations

In the early 20th century, space pioneers such as Hermann Oberth, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Hermann Noordung and Wernher von Braun dreamed of huge space stations in Earth orbit. These scientists believed that space stations would be excellent preparation points for space exploration. You remember the “KETS Star”?

Wernher von Braun, the architect of the American space program, integrated space stations into his long-term vision of US space exploration. Accompanying von Braun's numerous articles on space topics in popular magazines, artists decorated them with drawings of space station concepts. These articles and drawings contributed to the development of public imagination and fueled interest in space exploration.

In these space station concepts, people lived and worked in outer space. Most of the stations looked like huge wheels that rotated and generated artificial gravity. Ships came and went, just like in a normal port. They carried cargo, passengers and materials from Earth. Outgoing flights were heading to Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond. At that time, humanity did not fully understand that von Braun's vision would become a reality very soon.

The US and Russia have been developing orbital space stations since 1971. The first stations in space were the Russian Salyut, the American Skylab and the Russian Mir. And since 1998, the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Canada, Japan and other countries have built and began to develop the International Space Station (ISS) in Earth orbit. People have been living and working in space on the ISS for more than ten years.

In this article we will look at the early space station programs, their current and future uses. But first, let's take a closer look at why these space stations are needed at all.

Why build space stations?

There are many reasons to build and operate space stations, including research, industry, exploration, and even tourism. The first space stations were built to study the long-term effects of weightlessness on the human body. After all, if astronauts ever fly to Mars or other planets, we first need to know how prolonged exposure to weightlessness affects people during the months of a long flight.

Space stations also provide a frontline for research that cannot be done on Earth. For example, gravity changes the way atoms organize into crystals. In zero gravity, an almost perfect crystal can form. Such crystals can become excellent semiconductors and form the basis of powerful computers. In 2016, NASA plans to establish a laboratory on the ISS to study ultra-low temperatures in zero-gravity conditions. Another effect of gravity is that during the combustion of directed flows, it generates an unstable flame, as a result of which the study of them becomes quite difficult. In zero gravity, you can easily study stable, slow-moving flame streams. This could be useful for studying the combustion process and creating stoves that will pollute less.

High above the Earth, the space station offers unique views of Earth's weather, terrain, vegetation, oceans and atmosphere. Additionally, because space stations are higher than Earth's atmosphere, they can be used as manned observatories for space telescopes. The Earth's atmosphere will not interfere. The Hubble Space Telescope has made a lot of incredible discoveries thanks to its location.

Space stations can be adapted as space hotels. It is Virgin Galactic, which is currently actively developing space tourism, that plans to establish hotels in space. With the growth of commercial space exploration, space stations can become ports for expeditions to other planets, as well as entire cities and colonies that could relieve an overpopulated planet.

Now that we know what space stations are for, let's visit some of them. Let's start with the Salyut station - the first of the space stations.

Salyut: the first space station

Russia (and then the Soviet Union) was the first to put a space station into orbit. The Salyut-1 station entered orbit in 1971, becoming a combination of the Almaz and Soyuz space systems. The Almaz system was originally created for military purposes. The Soyuz spacecraft transported astronauts from Earth to the space station and back.

Salyut 1 was 15 meters long and consisted of three main compartments, which housed restaurants and recreation areas, food and water storage, a toilet, a control station, simulators and scientific equipment. The Soyuz 10 crew was originally supposed to live aboard Salyut 1, but their mission encountered docking problems that prevented them from entering the space station. The Soyuz-11 crew became the first to successfully settle on Salyut-1, where they lived for 24 days. However, this crew tragically died upon returning to Earth when the capsule depressurized upon re-entry. Further missions to Salyut 1 were canceled and the Soyuz spacecraft was redesigned.

After Soyuz 11, the Soviets launched another space station, Salyut 2, but it failed to reach orbit. Then there were Salyut-3-5. These launches tested the new Soyuz spacecraft and crew for long-duration missions. One of the disadvantages of these space stations was that they only had one docking port for the Soyuz spacecraft, and it could not be reused.

On September 29, 1977, the Soviet Union launched Salyut 6. This station was equipped with a second docking port so the station could be resent using the Progress unmanned vessel. Salyut 6 operated from 1977 to 1982. In 1982, the last Salyut 7 was launched. It sheltered 11 crews and operated for 800 days. The Salyut program eventually led to the development of the Mir space station, which we will talk about later. First, let's look at the first American space station, Skylab.

Skylab: America's first space station

The United States launched its first and only space station, Skylab 1, into orbit in 1973. During launch, the space station was damaged. The meteor shield and one of the station's two main solar panels were torn off, and the other solar panel did not fully deploy. For these reasons, Skylab had little electricity and internal temperatures rose to 52 degrees Celsius.

The first crew of Skylab 2 launched 10 days later to repair the slightly damaged station. The Skylab 2 crew deployed the remaining solar panel and set up an umbrella awning to cool the station. After the station was repaired, the astronauts spent 28 days in space conducting scientific and biomedical research.

Being a modified third stage of the Saturn V rocket, Skylab consisted of the following parts:

• Orbital workshop (a quarter of the crew lived and worked in it).
• Gateway module (allowing access to the outside of the station).
• Multiple docking gateway (allowed several Apollo spacecraft to dock with the station at the same time).
• Mount for the Apollo telescope (there were telescopes for observing the Sun, stars and Earth). Keep in mind that the Hubble Space Telescope had not yet been built.
• Apollo spacecraft (command and service module for transporting the crew to Earth and back).

Skylab was equipped with two additional crews. Both of these crews spent 59 and 84 days in orbit, respectively.

Skylab was not intended to be a permanent space retreat, but rather a workshop in which the United States would test the effects of long periods in space on the human body. When the third crew left the station, it was abandoned. Very soon, an intense solar flare knocked it out of orbit. The station fell into the atmosphere and burned up over Australia in 1979.

Mir station: the first permanent space station

In 1986, the Russians launched the Mir space station, which was intended to become a permanent home in space. The first crew, consisting of cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov, spent 75 days on board. Over the next 10 years, "Mir" was constantly improved and consisted of the following parts:

• Living quarters (where there were separate crew cabins, a toilet, a shower, a kitchen and a garbage compartment).
• Transitional compartment for additional station modules.
• An intermediate compartment that connected the working module to the rear docking ports.
• The fuel compartment in which fuel tanks and rocket engines were stored.
• The astrophysical module “Kvant-1”, which contained telescopes for studying galaxies, quasars and neutron stars.
• The Kvant-2 scientific module, which provided equipment for biological research, Earth observations and space walks.
• Technological module “Crystal”, in which biological experiments were carried out; it was equipped with a dock to which American shuttles could dock.
• The Spectrum module was used to observe the Earth's natural resources and the Earth's atmosphere, as well as to support biological and natural science experiments.
• The Nature module contained radar and spectrometers to study the Earth's atmosphere.
• A docking module with ports for future dockings.
• The Progress supply ship was an unmanned resupply ship that brought new food and equipment from Earth, and also removed waste.
• The Soyuz spacecraft provided the main transport from Earth and back.

In 1994, in preparation for the International Space Station, NASA astronauts spent time aboard Mir. During the stay of one of the four cosmonauts, Jerry Linenger, an onboard fire broke out on the Mir station. During the stay of Michael Foale, another of the four cosmonauts, the supply ship Progress crashed into Mir.

The Russian space agency could no longer maintain Mir, so together with NASA they agreed to abandon Mir and focus on the ISS. On November 16, 2000, it was decided to send Mir to Earth. In February 2001, Mir's rocket engines slowed down the station. It entered the earth's atmosphere on March 23, 2001, burned and collapsed. The debris fell in the South Pacific Ocean near Australia. This marked the end of the first permanent space station.

International Space Station (ISS)

In 1984, US President Ronald Reagan proposed that countries unite and build a permanently inhabited space station. Reagan saw that industry and governments would support the station. To reduce the enormous costs, the United States cooperated with 14 other countries (Canada, Japan, Brazil and the European Space Agency, represented by the remaining countries). During the planning process and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States invited Russia to cooperate in 1993. The number of participating countries grew to 16. NASA took the lead in coordinating the construction of the ISS.

Assembly of the ISS in orbit began in 1998. On October 31, 2000, the first crew from Russia was launched. The three people spent nearly five months aboard the ISS, activating systems and conducting experiments.

In October 2003, China became the third space power, and since then it has been fully developing its space program, and in 2011 it launched the Tiangong-1 laboratory into orbit. Tiangong became the first module for China's future space station, which was planned to be completed by 2020. The space station can serve both civilian and military purposes.

The future of space stations

In fact, we are only at the very beginning of the development of space stations. The ISS has become a huge step forward after Salyut, Skylab and Mir, but we are still far from realizing the large space stations or colonies that science fiction writers wrote about. There is still no gravity on any of the space stations. One of the reasons for this is that we need a place where we can conduct experiments in zero gravity. Another is that we simply do not have the technology to rotate such a large structure to produce artificial gravity. In the future, artificial gravity will become mandatory for space colonies with large populations.

Another interesting idea is the location of the space station. The ISS requires periodic acceleration due to its location in low Earth orbit. However, there are two places between the Earth and the Moon called Lagrange points L-4 and L-5. At these points, the Earth's and Moon's gravity are balanced, so the object will not be pulled by the Earth or the Moon. The orbit will be stable. The community, which calls itself the L5 Society, was formed 25 years ago and is promoting the idea of ​​locating a space station at one of these locations. The more we learn about the workings of the ISS, the better the next space station will be, and the dreams of von Braun and Tsiolkovsky will finally become a reality.

Feb 26, 2018 Gennady

Galacticraft- a modification that adds space rockets and many colonized planets to the game. Each planet generates unique resources, depending on the type of planet and suitability for life.
Each planet has several parameters that can be seen in a special menu:
Gravity - affects the behavior of entities in a given world. The lower the gravity, the faster the body moves.
Suitability for life - shows the likelihood of mobs appearing on the planet. Mob spawning can be disabled even if gravity is at medium level.
The presence of life determines the presence of mobs on a given planet.

Push: This is a pretty good mod that adds variety to the game and gives you the opportunity to go to the Moon or Mars without any portals, on a real rocket, like the real Gagarin. If you wish, you can build your own space station.

Item IDs are indicated for easier search for crafting recipes.

Worlds to fly

NASA workbench

Electric mechanisms

Rocket collection

Fuel for rockets and transport

Astronaut equipment

Flight to the moon

Creation of a lunar station

Resources

We stock up on resources because we will need a lot of them. We will need iron, coal, aluminum, copper, tin and silicon. And also not a lot of red dust, diamonds and lapis lazuli. It is better to place all the mechanisms and the launch pad in a separate room, since they will not be useful for anything else.

1. Worlds to fly

Earth- a standard game world and the only planet near which you can create an orbital station.

Orbital station- a dimension created by the player if he has the necessary resources. It has weak gravity and a complete absence of any mobs. To fly, you need a rocket of any level.

Moon- is a satellite of the Earth, and in terms of compatibility, the first celestial body mastered by the player. Lunar gravity is 18% of Earth's, there is no atmosphere, but this does not prevent the appearance of several types of mobs.

Mars- the closest planet to Earth with many unique resources. Mobs appear abundantly on the surface of the planet and in underground caves, and gravity is 38% of Earth's. The atmosphere is apparently not suitable for breathing. To fly to Mars, you need to create a level 2 rocket.

Venus- a planet added to Galacticraft 4. It features a large number of lava and acid lakes on the surface. It is impossible to be on this planet without a thermal suit. Gravity is 90% of Earth's. To fly, you need a level 3 rocket.

Asteroids- A dimension consisting of many pieces of rock of different sizes, levitating in space. Due to the low light levels, mobs constantly appear. You can fly to it using only a level 3 rocket.

The galactic map also displays other planets that are not available for flight in the current version of the modification.

2. NASA Workbench

Things like a rocket, a cargo rocket and a lunar rover are assembled on a special workbench.

Aluminum wire (ID 1118)

It will be needed for crafting and transferring energy from generators to mechanisms.

6 wool (any)
3 aluminum ingots

Chip manufacturer (ID 1116:4)

Aluminum ingots 2 pieces, lever, etc.

Coal generator (ID 1115)

Let's craft it, since we will need energy...

3 copper ingots
4 iron

Now we install the generator and stretch the aluminum wire from the output of the generator to the input of the chip manufacturer.

We put coal in the generator, and redstone, silicon and diamond in the corresponding slots in the producer. What we put in the fourth slot determines the type of chip we produce.

Red torch (main wafer)

Follower (advanced wafer)

Lapis lazuli (blue solar semiconductor wafer)

Compressor (ID 1115:12)

1 copper
6 aluminum
1 anvil (ID 145)
1 main wafer

The compressor runs on coal. We place 2 iron ingots in it and get compressed iron. Now we place a plate of compressed iron and 2 pieces of coal into the compressor (the location is not important) and we get compressed steel.

Now you're ready to create your NASA workbench.

Crafting table- a multiblock, and there must be enough space around it to place it. In total, the workbench has the following recipes: Level 1 Rocket, Level 2 Rocket, Level 3 Rocket, Cargo Rocket, Automatic Cargo Rocket and Buggy.

The level 1 rocket is unlocked by default and will only take you to the Moon. To fly longer distances, you will need a tier 2 rocket.

3. Electrical mechanisms

Electricity can be used not only for the production of microcircuits - you can do:

Electric oven (ID 1117:4)

Electric compressor (ID 1116)

Battery (ID 4706:100)

Allows mechanisms to operate in the absence of generators,
for example, on the Moon.

Module “Energy storage” (ID 1117)

Allows you to store huge amounts of energy. The top slot is used to charge the battery, the bottom slot increases the capacity to 7.5 MJ.

Solar panel (2 types)

For the panels to work, they need direct access to the sun, meaning you must be able to see the sun when standing next to the panel. It should not be blocked by mountains or ceilings. The panels do not work in the rain. They are connected by aluminum wires, like all mechanisms in this mod.

• Main (ID 1113)

Stands still. Gets more energy in the middle of the day.

Maximum capacity 10000 RF.

• Advanced (ID 1113:4)

An advanced solar panel differs from a basic one in that it follows the sun throughout the day, therefore collecting the maximum amount of energy throughout the day.

Maximum capacity 18750 RF.

Here are the recipes we will need:

Blue solar semiconductor wafer

Single solar module (ID 4705)

Whole solar panel (ID 4705:1)

Thick aluminum wire (for advanced panel) ID 1118:1

Steel pole (ID 4696)

4. Assembling the rocket

The main material is Heavy-duty coating (ID 4693) and its crafting uses compressed steel, aluminum and bronze.

The moon and its inhabitants are waiting for you.

Head fairing (ID 4694)

Rocket stabilizer (ID 4695)

Tin canister (ID 4688)

Level 1 Rocket Engine (ID 4692)

Now that all the parts are ready, we assemble the rocket on the NASA workbench (the top 3 chest slots are the rocket inventory).

The rocket is launched from airstrip (ID 1089), which consists entirely of iron.

A 3 by 3 platform is being assembled.

5. Fuel for rockets and transport

First of all we do empty liquid canister (4698:1001)

It will store processed fuel from oil. Oil can be found underground.

The “factory” requires energy to operate. You need to put oil in the top slot. It is enough to put a bucket of oil. Running back and forth with a bucket is not logical, just like making 10 buckets. I did this: craft bucket And fired glass (ID 1058:1). You can have more than one, since it stacks filled with the same liquid and empty. Found oil. You place the same glass nearby and use a bucket to fill it. If my memory serves me right, then the glass fits 4 buckets. Next, we break the glass and pick it up, take it to the plant and fill it with oil in the reverse order...

P.S. Glass can also carry other liquids. Personally, I tried oil, lava and water.

We put a bucket of oil in the left cell, and a canister in the right. We click CLEAN and the process starts if there is access to energy.

Now we need fuel loader (ID 1103)

We place it close to the launch pad, supply electricity to it and load fuel. One canister is enough for one flight.

6. Astronaut equipment

Your equipment is in a separate tab

• Oxygen cylinders (3 types)
• Frequency module
• Oxygen mask
• Parachute
• Oxygen equipment

To fill oxygen cylinders, you need and. To craft them we will need the following components:

Fan (ID 4690)

Ventilation valve (ID 4689)

Oxygen concentrator (ID 4691)

Now let's start crafting the above mentioned 1096 and 1097

Oxygen collector (ID 1096)

Oxygen compressor (ID 1097)

Also needed for oxygen transfer oxygen pipe (ID 1101)

Oxygen cylinder (3 types) of different capacities(I did it big and didn’t worry)

Small (ID 4674)

Medium (ID 4675)

Large (ID 4676)

We connect the blue output of the manifold to the blue output of the compressor with an oxygen pipe, supply electricity, put an oxygen cylinder in the compressor slot and wait until it is filled.

Now let's craft the rest of the equipment:

Frequency module (ID 4705:19) needed in order to hear in the absence of oxygen on the surface of the planets.

Oxygen mask (ID 4672)

Parachute (ID 4715) which can then be repainted in any color

Oxygen equipment (ID 4673)

7. Flight to the Moon

Now everything is ready for the first flight to the Moon. What you need to take with you:

• Armor and weapons
• Equipment
• Fuel loader, battery and fuel canister for the return flight

You can also make a flag:

Before you fly away, I advise you to prepare everything for building your own lunar base, since the demon of the spacesuit can be located there.

8. Creation of a lunar station

Quite unexpectedly, it is possible to plant a tree on the Moon that will serve as a source of oxygen for breathing. We put a block of earth, a sprout and use bone meal on it (if the tree is large, then a square of four sprouts is needed). Now let's look at the necessary mechanisms.

Components required for crafting mechanisms:

Fan (ID 4690)

Ventilation valve (ID 4689)

Oxygen pipe (ID 1101)

Assembly of mechanisms:

Oxygen collector (ID 1096) collects air from surrounding foliage blocks and transmits it through pipes.

Module “Oxygen storage” (ID 1116:8)- stores up to 60,000 units of oxygen (a large cylinder, for comparison, stores 2,700 units)

Oxygen bubble distributor (ID 1098)- consumes oxygen and electricity and creates an oxygen bubble with a radius of 10 blocks, inside which you can breathe.

Oxygen seal (ID 1099)- fills a sealed room with oxygen and after filling it does not waste any more. Every 5 seconds the room is checked for depressurization. If it is large, then several fillers are needed. Pipes and wires passing through walls should be sealed with two blocks of tin.

Sealed oxygen pipe (ID 1109:1)

Sealed aluminum wire (ID 1109:14)

Oxygen compressor (ID 1097)– fills oxygen cylinders with air obtained through pipes.

Oxygen decompressor (ID 1097:4)– pumps oxygen out of cylinders and transmits it through pipes.

Oxygen sensor (ID 1100) – gives a red signal when there is air.

Lunar station using an oxygen bubble generator

To use aggregate, you must have an enclosed space, but it must have an entrance. An airlock is used for this. Make a horizontal or vertical frame of any size from the airlock frame blocks, and then replace one block with the airlock controller.

Airlock frame (ID 1107)

Airlock controller (ID 1107:1)

The gateway does not consume electricity and can be configured to allow only you through.

This is what a small station looks like with a filler and a gateway...

LET'S GO!!!

Get into the rocket and press space. The rocket will take off, and you can control it while in flight. The rocket's inventory and fuel quantity can be viewed by pressing F. Once the rocket reaches a height of 1100 blocks, the destination menu will open. We choose the Moon. Immediately hold down the spacebar to slow down the fall. Once on the surface, break the descent module and take the dropped rocket and launch pad. Oxygen cylinders last for 13-40 minutes, depending on their size. Yes, if you find yourself on the moon at night, then you will have to fight mobs in spacesuits.

I was with you

What people can do withMinecraft looks impressive, especially when it can literally take him to “another world.” Maud Galacticraft released earlier this year, turns your settler into an astronaut designer capable of creating a rocket, soaring above the world and exploring the solar system.

Sometimes complete freedom and a big world are not enough. Players received Minecraft, randomly generated world, which essentially can be infinite in any of the selected directions. And what will they do? Micdoodle8 will create a mod Galacticraft allowing you to build a rocket, overcome gravity and go into outer space, build an orbital station, land on the Moon and create a settlement on the Moon (by the way, there are mobs on the Moon too).

Before flying into space, you need to prepare, first by crafting an oxygen mask (an iron helmet and eight glass blocks). But without a supply of oxygen and a system for supplying it, a mask in an airless space is useless. We need oxygen tubes and an oxygen concentrator. With tubes everything is simple, you only need a few glass blocks. The oxygen concentrator is more difficult; you will need steel and tin ingots, an air valve and a tin canister. The valve and canister are easy to make from basic components, but that's not all - you need a compressor and oxygen cylinders.

As you already understand, preparing for a flight into space will take quite a lot of time. Galacticraft mod adds to Minecraft Lots of recipes, materials and objects to build, plus a workbench NASA, where the rocket will be assembled from the warhead, engine, several stabilizers and many skin plates. After assembling the rocket, we climb into the cockpit, press the space bar and... We find out that we have no fuel.

After refueling the rocket, again, climb into the cockpit, press the space bar and... While the planet Minecraft! We're going to the moon!

During takeoff, you can control the movement of the rocket and by changing the flight from vertical to horizontal, you can go not on a space journey, but fly around the far corners of your world.

But if you went into space, then within a minute the world Minecraft" and disappears from view and you will find yourself in outer space. If you stock up on some materials in advance, you can build an orbital station, which is essentially just a floating platform above your world. Be careful if you fall from the orbital station, under the influence of gravity you will fall down to the surface of your world. Therefore, it is worth taking a parachute with you.

As we approach the Moon, we find ourselves inside a lander that falls onto the lunar surface. For a safe landing, the braking engines must be activated. The fall will slow down and after a soft landing you will take the Moon of the world away Minecraft with a gray surface and stocky hills.

While walking on the Moon, stop and capture the imprints of your first steps in the dust of the lunar surface. If you crafted a flag, you can place it at the landing site.

We're on the Moon! This is great! But even though this is the Moon, it is still the Moon of the world Minecraft and it is filled with various monsters hiding under the surface of the planet. A few minutes of digging and you find yourself in a world filled with various evil creatures;) Yes, zombies and other monsters wear masks and oxygen tanks.