Douglas Aircraft Co. PR Photo

Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Mike Acs

6-22-65

Image credit: Atomic Energy Commission
Image source: U.S. Department of Energy

Space Platform

Image credit: Grumman
Image source: Cradle of Aviation Museum

Lunar Rendezvous

S92-49970 (February 1992) — (Artist’s concept of possible exploration programs.( Passing from sunlight into the Earth-lit shadow of the Moon, a nuclear thermal transfer vehicle prepares to dock with a lunar lander. Using a building block approach, a Mars transfer vehicle could be constructed from components common to the lunar stage. Artwork by Pat Rawlings, of SAIC.

Image credit: NASA
Image source: National Johnson