Category: Spaceplane

Lifeboat Interior

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Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives

Vehicle Carrier

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Image credit: North American Aviation
Image source: AFMC 

Winged Launch Vehicle

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Image credit: GD/Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives

General Dynamics FR-3A

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Image credit: GD/Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives

Douglas Astro

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(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

M-70 Valkyrie Mothership

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Image credit: North American Aviation
Image source: AFMC

Convair Shuttlecraft

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Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives

After Apollo is on The Moon

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(ADVANCE FOR FRIDAY PMS, SEPT. 6 — WITH SPECIAL REPORT BY HOWARD BENEDICT)

(NY21 – Aug.30) AFTER APOLLO IS ON THE MOON — This artist’s conception presents one view of what a 12 to 24 man spacecraft may look like when scientists begin to plan for space development after the Apollo landing on the moon. The target date for that project is 1970, after which may come development of space stations, flights to Mars and moon bases. This type of spacecraft would be launched in pieces and assembled in space by astronauts. Crew replacement and supplies would be brought in by smaller craft, left.

(APWirephoto Drawing) (b61000ho)1963

Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Numbers Station