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Image source: SDASM Archives
Project Deimos (1964)
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Rocket of The Future (1963)
(DN4) DALLAS, TEX. APR. 23 — ROCKET OF THE FUTURE — The Rombus rocket, capable of orbiting 500-ton payloads is shown in this artist’s drawing. Rombus and several other proposed future rocket concepts were described by John W. Stone, launch vehicles advanced studies manager for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, at the Manned Space Flight Conference in Dallas today. Rombus would be more than 400 feet tall and 120 feet in diameter. The launch pad would be a water-filled basin. (AP Wirephoto) (ft31430ho) (For use with Howard Benedict story) 1963
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Image credit: Douglas
Images: Numbers Station, SDASM Archives
Manned Mars Vehicle
Shuttle/Agena Study
Image credit: Lockheed
File source: NASA NTRS
Spacelab Being Loaded
LDEF Deployment
Image credit: NASA Langley
Image source: Internet Archive
Operations
LS-200
Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: SDASM Archives
Olson Concept 1970
Image credit: Boeing
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255-CC-70HC-169
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: National Archives
Liebig Trading Card
Image credit: Liebig
Image source: Numbers Station
Four Space-Shuttle Concepts
Here are examples of tentative designs for a space shuttle, made public by members of the four industrial teams competing in the project:
- McDonnell Douglas/Marietta
- Boeing/Lockheed
- North American/General Dynamics
- Grumman Aerospace
Each of pictured space-shuttle versions is a composite craft consisting of two stages, a booster and an orbiter, and is launched vertically like a space rocket, as shown. It’s two stages separate in space, and both return to earth for re-use.
Image credit: Robert McCall
Text and Images: Popular Science
