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Phase A Orbiter by Ron Simpson

McDAC A Alternate at Astronautix

Image credit: McDonnell Douglas

Image source: Mike Acs

Phase C Development

Shuttle Program at Astronautix

Image credit: North American Rockwell

Image source(s):

Mike Acs

Numbers Station

Flyback Booster and Orbiter

Shuttle Program at Astronautix

Image credit: Convair

Image source: SDASM Archives

McDonnell Douglas Concept

Shuttle Program at Astronautix

Image credit: McDonnell Douglas

Image source: Mike Acs

NAR Space Division

I’m pretty certain these two images are by the same hand, but which one? They’re both heavily referenced and painted in what I would describe as North American Rockwell’s house style, but the palette and brushwork bring me back to a beautiful painting Don Bester did of the Saturn Shuttle. I could be wrong, but that’s the box I’m checking for now.

Shuttle Program at Astronautix

Image credit: North American Rockwell

Image source: Mike Acs

Discovery at Vandenberg AFB

Shuttle Program at Astronautix

Image credit: DVIDS

Image source: National Archives

The Columbia Prepares to Descend

Shuttle Program at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: National Archives