North American Rockwell Phase C/D – Page 3

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Artist Concept of Shuttle in-orbit flight with Earth limb in the background.

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Shuttle Approach

Shuttle Orbiter Landing Approach at Kennedy Space Center

SPACE SHUTTLE LANDING APPROACH. A Space Shuttle Orbiter approaches a landing field at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, following a flight in space. The Orbiter will be able to land on a conventional runway similar to that used by present-day jet aircraft. The development and integration of the Space Shuttle system is the responsibility of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Rockwell international Space Division, Downey , California is building the Orbiter under contract to NASA.

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1977 772-876

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Working in Space

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Space Shuttle Illustration

Previously shared here, the same Alvarez artwork without the overpaint:

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Images: NASA GRC, Numbers Station

Alvarez

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NAR Orbiter

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Putting It Up Will Create Jobs

(ADV: FOR AMS WED, NOV, 8. WITH AAA WIRE STORY BY JACK LEFLER)
(LA3-NOV.2) LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 — PUTTING IT UP WILL CREATE JOBS — An army of 10,000 subcontractors is being recruited by North American Rockwell Corp., to help put the $2.6 billion space shuttle into orbit. The White House estimates 160,000 workers will be directly or indirectly involved in the project. This artist’s concept shows the space shuttle orbiter roaring spaceward. (AP Wirephoto)(rhs52015ho) 1972

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