Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives
Convair B8G
Category: Manufacturer
Structural Configuration
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: SDASM Archives
Future Space Taxi
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Mike Acs
NAR News Photo
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Images: NASA, Mike Acs
Ground Operations
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Images: Numbers Station
MOL
Image credit: McDonnell
Image source: Numbers Station
Lift Off
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Images: Numbers Station
Glide To Landing
After completing its run to the manned orbiting lab, an Astroplane space ferry glides in for a regular landing.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Aerojet-General
Image source: Numbers Station
Astroplane 10
Still another possible space ferry of tomorrow is this huge Astroplane-10 liquid rocket system that can blast off from earth like a missile and later land like a regular airplane.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Aerojet-General
Image source: Numbers Station
Permanent Space Station
Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
Image source: Numbers Station
NAR Artist Concept
Planetary Illustrations (artists’ concepts)
Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers / North American Rockwell
Image source: NASM
GE Space Ferry
Another function of a future space station will be to service and inspect unmanned satellites. Here is an artist’s sketch showing an astronaut team, who travelled to their targets in a space ferry from an orbital station, working on various kinds of space probes.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: General Electric
Image source: Numbers Station
