Image credit: Grumman
619 by Craig Kavafes
Tag: artist concept
Design 532
Image credit: Grumman
File source: NASA NTRS
X-20 by Warren McCallister
FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 A.M., PDT, SEPTEMBER 22, 1960
DYNA SOAR GLIDER RE-ENTERING EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
This is a Boeing artist’s impression of how the Dyna Soar manned space glider will look when it re-enters the earth’s atmosphere after a flight into space. Leading edges of the craft will glow from the heat created by the friction of the vehicle passing into the atmosphere. Dyna Soar will be boosted into space by a modified Titan intercontinental ballistic missile. After being separated from its booster, the glider will be left in a piloted, near orbital flight. Its pilot later could glide to a conventional landing at an Air Force base. The Boeing Company, under supervision of the Air Force, is prime contractor for the system and the glider. The Martin Company is prime contractor for the Titan booster.
— Boeing Airplane Company Photo
FROM:
News Bureau
Boeing Airplane Company
Seattle 24, Washington
Image credit: Boeing
Image source: Numbers Station
Design 619
Image credit: Grumman
Image source: Numbers Station
Solar-powered Ship
This glorious painting by John Sentovic depicts a solar-powered ship in lunar orbit, as envisioned by Krafft A. Ehricke.
Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives
Design 518
Image credit: Grumman
File source: NASA NTRS
Satellite Power Station
Image credit: NASA
Image source: SDASM Archives
NAR Art Department
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
Shuttle Development
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
NAR Station & Shuttle
X-20 Three-View
Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar abandoned by the US Air Force in 1963 before flight trials could begin. Although ultimately intended for launching by Titan 3C, this one-man vehicle followed principles established by the Austrian engineer Dr Eugen Stänger a quarter of a century before. The project played an important part in developing aerodynamic and structural techniques for new-generation space-craft capable of maneuvering after re-entry from orbit. Length 35 ft (10.7m.) wingspan 20 ft (6.09m.); height (with wire-brush landing skis retracted) 8 ft (2.4m.).
Frontiers of Space
Philip Bono & Kenneth Gatland
Macmillan, 1969
Image credit: Macmillan
Image source: Numbers Station
NAR 1970
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
