Fictional spaceplane project
Next Generation Space Transportation orbiter Pacifica, delivering three brand new Proteus printer-assembler drones to SBSP station building site.
The Chronicle of The Golden Age of Space Exploration.
Fictional spacecraft / alternative history
PROTEUS - Precision Robotic Orbital Truss ExtrUding Spacecraft for additive manufacturing and assembling large scale structures in orbit, built for SBSP Consortium.
SBSP Consortium - Space Based Solar Power Consortium - multinational organization that is dedicated to develop orbital solar farms, beaming energy back to Earth’s surface.
Bonus - 3d design process
alternative history / fictional spacecraft
SDTV (Shuttle Derived Transfer Vehicle) Heimdall 2.
Early 2000s. Built in Earth’s orbit at LRSS (LEO Refueling and Servicing Station), refueled at Lunar Fuel Depot, Heimdall 2 is arriving at Mars, bringing crew and supplies to Mars Exploration Station.
Real space mission
European Space Agency launched Solar orbiter in February 2020, starting its primary mission in November 2021, will provide the closest ever images of the Sun, the first ever close-up images of the Sun’s polar regions, and measure the composition of the solar wind and linking it to its area of origin on the Sun’s surface.
You can learn more about this mission here: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter
It’s been a bit quiet lately. Some of you may already know, for the last 2 years and a couple of months I’ve been working with the amazing CD Projekt Red team on Cyberpunk 2077. This month the game is finally out and despite pretty rough start, it’s a great feeling to be able to finally show some of the stuff I’ve worked on. Most of my work for it isn’t really space related, but there are some exceptions. Minor or major spoilers ahead, sorry for that.
So here it is, a concept design for the Crystal Palace space station. It was one of the very first things I’ve deigned for CP2077, had a great fun to come up with a “fancy” space station, something almost straight from Cowboy Bebop, which is more of a mix between a casino, a hotel for rich people, and a transfer station, than pure scientific research facility.
I will definitely have some more “space” stuff to share in here soon, but if you want to see my other, more “grounded” work, please visit my artstation/twitter/instagram accounts, all the links below. And hank you all for neverending support, really appreciate it!
https://www.instagram.com/voyager212/
https://www.artstation.com/mac
Speculative mission
Neptune system space probe “Verrier-Galle”. Roughly based on a “Neptune System Explorer” study from 2011 by JPL and NASA, which would be a Cassini-style spacecraft exploring Neptune and its moons.
I had started working on this back in 2015, then abandoned it for another 2 years, then picked it up again in late 2017, to finally rediscover and finish it this week. Thanks @kowalska_kaska for cool Neptune facts that reminded me about this piece 🛰️🚀
Real space mission
A quick piece, mostly done while watching livestream of @osiris_rex taking samples from asteroid Bennu last month.
Real space mission
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will be the first-ever mission to “touch” the Sun. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the Sun’s atmosphere about 4 million miles from the surface.
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As always, prints of my artworks are available in my print shop at Artstation and at Displate.com
Fictional mission / Space That Never Was / Alternate timeline
Two cosmonauts conducting a spacewalk to replace damaged piece of equipment mounted on the outer hull of the Ambition 2 spacecraft.
Ambition 2 / Mars-Phobos
In the mid 80s, international cooperation between USSR, USA, Japan and a few European countries resulted in a follow-up to successful Ambition 1 mission from a few years earlier. This time the goal was to visit and explore one of Mars moons, Phobos, in hope to find a suitable place for a permanent base on its surface, which would be built by the crew of Ambition 3, mission that would launch in late 1980s.
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As always, prints of my artworks are available in my print shop at Artstation and at Displate.com
Mars 2020 Perseverance mission has launched today on Atlas V rocket. In February 2021 the rover will reach Mars and begin a new chapter in the exploration of the Red Planet.
Learn more about the mission here.
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As always, prints of my artworks are available in my print shop at Artstation and at Displate.com
Far future / fictional spacecraft
Something simple this time.
Swordfish IV spacecraft performing an acceleration burn.
As always, prints of this or other artworks are available in my print shop at Artstation and if you prefer metal plates, you can get them at Displate.com
Fictional mission
It’s been a while since the last post, so here’s the fresh one - just a couple of astronauts exploring Mars in their mighty rover.
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Some updates coming up (last two photos in this set is a sneak peek of the new artwork)!
For now, I wanted to let you know that there’s a great Black Friday offer going on at Displate.com, you can get prints of my artworks on metal plates. And for each print sold, they’re planting 1 tree!
Here’s the link to my profile at Displate.com
And don’t forget to use code BLACK for up to 41% discount :)
See you soon with the new artworks, have a great Thanksgiving!
Space exploration / fictional / interstellar exploration
ASV Swordfish IV crew is placing sensors and scientific equipment in a star system 2 light years from an exploding supernova. This experiment will provide tons of valuable data, as this setup will operate at least until the shockwave reaches it, and hopefully after that as well. Collected data will help to understand how these cosmic explosions affect nearby star systems.
You can now get this artwork and my other prints at displate (prints on metal) and artstation (posters, canvas, art prints).
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I’m working on a premium collection of prints, limited high quality runs, individually signed and numbered, including some exclusive artworks. If you would be interested in that kind of stuff, please drop me an email at either maciejrebisz@gmail.com or spacethatneverwas@gmail.com and I’ll let you know details and add you to the priority list :)
Event
Earlier this week I had a chance to visit Leiden, Netherlands, where along with Science Now, we’ve prepared a new exhibition for the Leiden Science Center (Oude Sterrewacht).
“Above and Beyond” celebrates the last 100 years of space exploration and creatively reaches out into the imaginary future. I’ve made several illustrations for the “Visions of the Future” section of the exhibition and I’ll share some more detailed preview soon.
If you happen to be in Amsterdam/Leiden/Hague area, drop by to check it out!