Space Platform by Craig Kavafes

Image credit: Grumman
Image source: Cradle of Aviation Museum

Alden Metcalf

Dyna-Soar in space was never to be, for the program was canceled in December 1963. One of reasons was the development of a new type of aerospace plane, the lifting body.

Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965

Image credit: Boeing
Image source: Numbers Station