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No. 48

Space Tug at Astronautix

Image credit: Brooke Bond

Image source: Numbers Station

The Pod

Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

Image credit: Robert McCall

Image source: Numbers Station

Exploration Continues

Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

Image credit: Robert McCall

Image source: Numbers Station

Single Large Booster

Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

Image source: Numbers Station

Shuttles At Work

Space shuttles at work. In the background a space station cluster extends its manipulating arms to assist a shuttlecraft in docking.

A shuttle in Earth orbit deploying its payload.

Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

Image credit: Robert McCall

Image source: Numbers Station

Mars Excursion Module

Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

MEM at Astronautix

Image credit: Robert McCall

Image source: Numbers Station

No. 46

Shuttle Program at Astronautix

Image credit: Brooke Bond

Image source: Numbers Station

Horizon

Scientists differ on whether sites should be underground in a lunar crater or “ocean” or if they should be blasted out of the sides of mountains.

The Next Fifty Years On The Moon
by Erik Bergaust
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974

Project Horizon at Astronautix

Image credit: US Army

Image source: Numbers Station

First-Stage Lunar Base

First-stage lunar base. This is the type of shelter proposed for the construction crew responsible for building permanent quarters.

The Next Fifty Years On The Moon
by Erik Bergaust
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974

LESA at Astronautix

Image credit: Boeing

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