Category: Phase A

Orbiter & Station

Image credit: McDonnell Douglas

Drawbridge Orbiter

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Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
Image source: Mike Acs

NAR Press Photo

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FOR FRIDAY PMS. NOV. 21 USE WITH SPACE STORY BY DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN

(NY5-Nov.20) SPACE SHUTTLE — One of the most important steps the nation’s space should take is the development of a space shuttle, shown here in artist’s conception above, says Dr. Wernher Von Braun in article written for the Associated Press. The shuttle, in drawing by Space Division of North-American Rockwell, is shown launching an unmanned space probe. (AP Wirephoto) (hmb50400ho) 1969

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station

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Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: National Archives

Four Space-Shuttle Concepts

Here are examples of tentative designs for a space shuttle, made public by members of the four industrial teams competing in the project:

  1. McDonnell Douglas/Marietta
  2. Boeing/Lockheed
  3. North American/General Dynamics
  4. Grumman Aerospace

Each of pictured space-shuttle versions is a composite craft consisting of two stages, a booster and an orbiter, and is launched vertically like a space rocket, as shown. It’s two stages separate in space, and both return to earth for re-use.

Image credit: Robert McCall
Text and Images: Popular Science

MDAC “Drawbridge”

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Image credit: Dennis R. Jenkins Collection
Image source: SDASM Archives

Concept A

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Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: KSSU The Blog