#Kourou

[cardinalbones]

(Hey, remember that post about cowboys and samurai existing at the same time?)

Starting off my return to this blog with a rough and sketchy design I drew in-between getting ready to move house. @strangegutz's Heartbreak Gulch art and ocs have been bringing me so much joy during a really stressful time so I wanted to join in and I thought it would be a fun time to dredge up an old overwatch oc I never ended up doing anything with!

Kōrō (or Kourou) is a sentient supercomputer made and once owned by Komainu Security. He was originally designed to manage security systems and was trusted with some of the companies biggest clients, which put him in the perfect position to carry out the biggest heist in the company's history. Really, the hardest thing to get out of there was, well, himself. Supercomputers aren't designed to be portable.

Kōrō currently has three bodies - his primary server, and two drone bodies which can walk and talk.

I'm not unhappy with this design but i'm also not happy with it. But that said, I was really drawing this to exorcise the idea and I'm happy I saw it through! If you don't follow Cricket please check out his blog, his art is so stylish and fun! Also the heartthrob with the nice hair belongs to him and you can see a lot more art of him over there!

[royalchildreneurope]

King Philippe of Belgium and Prince Gabriel of Belgium visit the Guiana Space Centre, where they were supposed to watch the launch of the Ariane 6, in Kourou, French Guiana -April 13th 2023.

[itscooltoskate]

Do we still remember this? Because I sure do

[kikiwi-poo]

[domloisirsetculture]

[:fr]Le centre spatiale de Kourou[:en]L[:]

[:fr]   Bienvenue au centre spatiale de Kourou, emblème de la conquête du ciel du territoire français. Passionnée de fusée ou juste amoureux de l’expression “avoir la tête dans les nuages”, vous serez ravis de découvrir de découvrir les différentes étapes de la conception d’un projet dirigé vers les étoiles. Des explications avec un guide et une visite grandeur nature pour se rendre compte de…

[aresdifesa]

Il satellite climatico Copernicus Sentinel-2C di Airbus imbarcato alla volta dello spazioporto di Kourou nella Guyana francese Dopo il trasporto su strada da Airbus a Friedrichshafen a Brema il 2 luglio, il satellite Sentinel-2C costruito da Airbus, il terzo satellite Copernicus Sentinel-2, sta per essere spedito allo spazioporto europeo nella Guyana francese. Il container è stato caricato sull’iconica Canopée, la prima nave cargo assistita da vela progettata specificamente per trasportare i componenti del razzo Ariane 6 dai porti europei al Centro spaziale della Guyana a Kourou, dove arriverà tra circa due settimane. “Circa la metà dei dati utilizzati per valutare e monitorare l’impatto del cambiamento climatico sulla Terra è effettivamente fornita dai satelliti“, ha affermato Marc Steckling,

[surinamecentral]

French Guiana is an overseas department of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas. Bordered by Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east and south.  French Guiana is divided into 3 arrondissements( Saint-Lauren-du-Maroni, Saint Georges and Cayenne) and 22 communes. Maps of French Guiana showing the Arrondissement, and the 22 different Communes. they are each Highlighted in locator maps.

[sheltiechicago]

Kourou by Yoann JEZEQUEL Via Flickr: Kourou Guyane

[waywardluminarychaos]

The Guyanas (And Suriname) (Which Used to be Dutch Guyana)

Contrary to the rest of South America, independent travel through Guyana, Suriname, and French Guyana is more rare, and there’s less information out there that is current and helpful. Chris and I (Deah) traveled through the region in March 2023. A fascinating mix of cultures, religions, and economics, these three countries are not for the faint of heart, but is quite interesting and worth…

[royalchildreneurope]

King Philippe of Belgium and Prince Gabriel of Belgium visit the Guiana Space Centre and the Ariane 6 launching site, in Kourou, French Guiana -April 12th 2023.

[itscooltoskate]

I just think they're neat 🚀

[jakarnould]

Fusée Ariane, rêve d'enfant by Jak.

JAK ARNOULD ©ADAGP

[domloisirsetculture]

[:fr]Les Îles du Salut, bagnes et biodiversité magnifique ![:]

[:fr]   Bienvenue au large de la commune de Kourou, sur les îles du Salut . Les Îles du Salut est un ensemble de trois îles : L’île de Saint-Joseph, qui servait de bagnes où les conditions extrêmes, surveillées en permanence par de nombreux gardes. L’île du Diable, non accessible à cause de la dangerosité des courants. Elle servait à la détention de détenus politiques comme le fut Alfred Dreyfus…

[alpojones]

[niteshade925]

April 16-18, street food and home cooking:

An interesting regional specialty from Baoding called lürouhuoshao/驴肉火烧, otherwise known as "donkey burger". It's really good, a little like Xi'an's roujiamo, but with a baked crispy flatbread on the outside and braised donkey meat on the inside that is actually pretty tender, unlike what many have said.

More home cooking. Left is a humble stirfry of shrimp and a type of napa cabbage? (not sure) Right is kourou/扣肉, basically steamed pork belly

[tailschannel]

Sonic's going to space!

The JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) probe will embark on its eight-year journey to Jupiter and its icy moons, and our favorite blue hedgehog will be on board!

During the development of the probe back in 2019, Swedish scientist Dr. Jan-Erik Wahlund asked SEGA whether they may use Sonic as the mascot of the Radio & Plasma Wave Detector (RPWI) instrument, to which SEGA agreed. According to Dr. Wahlund, they chose Sonic due to their fondness for the character and the fact that he starred in many space adventures.

The probe, which will make several fly-bys around a part of our Solar System, will arrive in the Jupiter system in 2031. From there, it will orbit around and study several of Jupiter’s icy moons, particularly Ganymede, and Callisto, and Europa, before settling on orbiting Ganymede’s orbit, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a natural satellite other than our own Moon.

The spacecraft is scheduled to launch this Friday at 8:14 am ET from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane 5 rocket will bring the probe to space in its final-ever mission.

(Article written by Spectre for the Tails' Channel newsfeed.)