Mysterious Alvarez

I’m pretty sure the top piece is by North American master illustrator M. Alvarez because he/she signed it. I think the bottom is by the same hand. What are we looking at? It’s a space station, but you knew that. You now know as much as I do. Parked here only because it shares the same page in Flying the Space Shuttles as the 1982 concept by Ted Brown I shared earlier.

Flying the Space Shuttles
Don Dwiggins
Dodd, Mead & Co., 1985

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station

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Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Mike Acs

Mars Colony of The Future

Image credit: Rockwell International
Image source: Mike Acs

Mars Spacecraft Approaching Surface

Image credit: Rockwell International
Image source: Mike Acs

The Art of Apollo

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Mike Acs

RI Lunar Base

Image credit: Rockwell International
Image source: Mike Acs

From Mike Acs

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Image source: Mike Acs

Supersonic Launch Vehicle

Image credit: USAF
Image source: AFMC 

Star Raker

Image credit: Rockwell International
Image source: AFMC 

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Image credit: NASA
Image source: National Archives