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Artists’ concepts (Spacecraft) [1 of 6 folders]

Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers
Image source: NASM

Mystery Ship

I don’t know the provenance of this image, all I can say is I picked it up on eBay. It’s mid-sixties and appears to depict a manned space telescope, and it’s gorgeous. So it will live here in the grey bin until I come across any information that will make sense of it.

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station

Early Station Concept

Image credit: Grumman
Image source: Cradle of Aviation Museum

Astronomy Module

A huge telescope in this astronomy module can be docked with the Space Station ’80 to give scientists the best view of stars ever possible. 

Space Station ’80
by Lou Jacobs, Jr.
Hawthorn Books, 1973

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station

Artist Unknown

The MOL – Manned Orbiting Laboratory – is shown, in this artist’s view, being lifted into space by the Titan III C. On top of the cylindrical canister, the crew sit in a modified Gemini capsule.

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

Image credit: USAF
Image source: Numbers Station