I believe these photos are copyrighted, so I'll simply post the links.

A few fantastic Photos from NASA (URLs)   :icon_biggrin:


It is possible that they are public domain, but I'm not sure. Better safe than sorry. Those guys have artillery!

This is probably worth investing a couple of minutes..

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/156335main_Orion_launch.jpg

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/156336main_Orion_lunar_orbit.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html

For the third photo, you may want to scroll down and read the paragraph which tells more about this ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH. All are actual photos, unretouched, I believe.  : )

BTW, is this post out-of-bounds, or something that is fine to post in this OFF TOPIC area? Input, please. I think they are great, inspirational photos.  Hope you do, too.  : )

First two are definetly renderings. But all look sweet nonetheless. third one's definetly cool.

They all look like renderings to me, but yeah, they are pretty sweet.

Well, I did a bit more research and apparently they are all real photos.  I see four that are given a Lockheed-Martin photo credit.

Here's a link:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/multimedia/orion_contract_images.html

I can't even imagine what it would be like to actually see that with your own eyes first hand.  So humbling.  Simply amazing!!