Star Raker in Orbit

Image credit: Rockwell International
Image source: Alternate Wars

SPACE II

This is a Martin Co. engineering design of a shuttle vehicle to carry five men, or an equivalent amount of equipment, to a rendezvous in orbit with a space station. After delivering it’s load, this vehicle returns to earth by following a glide pattern and slowing in the earth’s atmosphere until landing speed can be attained.

Image credit: Martin
Image source: Numbers Station

Projekt ‘Sänger’

Image credit: MBB
Image source: Numbers Station


Buran

Image credit: Department of Defense
Image source: National Archives