Shuttler for Spacecraft

This artist’s conception shows how the NASA M2 lifting body research vehiCLe will look to viewers from the B52 ‘mother” ship that will drop it for glide tests. The M2 is being fabricated by Northrop Corp’s Norair Division at Hawthorne, Calif. It’s a forerunner of “shuttle” vehicles expected to supply orbiting manned spacecraft.

The Plain Dealer Library
May 4 ’65 PD

Image credit: Northrop
Image source: Numbers Station

S-79-28148

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Mike Acs

Manned Orbital Research Library

Image credit: Douglas
Image source: SDASM Archives

DAC 23047

Image credit: Douglas
Image source: SDASM Archive

Clustered Core

Image credit: Douglas
Image source: SDASM Archive

Slide Presentation Scan

Image credit: Douglas
Image source: SDASM Archive

Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Planetary Illustrations (artists’ concepts)

Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers / Lockheed
Image source: NASM

NAR News Photo

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Images: NASA, Mike Acs