

Found an interesting nugget here.
Convair Shuttlecraft at Astronautix
Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers / Convair
Image source: NASM
Found an interesting nugget here.
Convair Shuttlecraft at Astronautix
Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers / Convair
Image source: NASM
Top: Ascent into Space
Bottom: Emergency Separation of Inhabited Nose
Convair Shuttlecraft at Astronautix
Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers / Convair
Image source: NASM
Space delivery – The partnership of the space ferry and the manned laboratory is demonstrated in this sketch. Here astronauts in a Douglas Astro ferry approach a huge space station with fresh supplies of food and test equipment. Eventually, experimental orbiting stations may give way to orbiting terminals for space travelers of the future.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Numbers Station
Recoverable Rocket Boosters by Tony R. Landis, AFMC History Office
Lockheed Space Taxi at Astronautix
Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: AFMC
Huge space ferries are used by astronauts to perform the final assembly of the huge Spaceball orbiting station.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Numbers Station
ASTRO — a manned reusable spacecraft concept developed by Douglas Aircraft.
PLAN AND ELEVATION views of ASTRO A2 vehicle. Note booster vehicle attachment at aft end.
Missiles and Rockets, September 3, 1962
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Internet Archive
(ADVANCE FOR AMS OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, WITH SPACECRAFT STORY)
(NY11-Feb. 24) WINGLESS, PILOTED SPACECRAFT TO BE TESTED — This is an artist’s conception of the wingless, piloted spacecraft that can be maneuvred over 1,000 miles for landing after re-entering the atmosphere. The craft, shown leaving the vicinity of the earth for a mission in space, is slated for testing in the early spring. The new concept, knowing as the “M-2 Lifting Body,” was to be unveiled Tuesday by scientists of the Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, at Moffett Field, Calif.
(NASA Photo via APWirephoto) (prll400nasa) 1963
Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station
Convair Shuttlecraft at Astronautix
Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives