Construction In Space

NASA Spinoff – 1982

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Martin Apollo

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L. Apollo is pictured here by an artist of The Martin Co., one of three leading Space Age manufacturers awarded study contracts on project by NASA. Apollo was a god of Ancient Greece, son of Clymene and Titan. This is nicely appropriate, since Martin produces the mighty Titan intercontinental ballistic missile.

R. The Apollo lunar spacecraft planned to carry 3 crewmen on round trip between earth and the moon is shown above here enroute among the stars. Protruding fan-shapes are solar arrays to gather energy from sun for use aboard. Apollo was said to have been the triumphant participant in Olympic games. Homer called him the “god of prophecy.”

America’s Mightiest Missile
by Larry Eisinger
Arco Publishing, 1961

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Image source(s): Mike Acs, Numbers Station

Short Final

Stunning representation of a NAR Phase A orbiter about to land by Henry Lozano Jr., from the collection of everyone’s favorite space archivist.

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Sol Dember

Eagle Book of Rockets and Space
by John W.R. Taylor and Maurice Allward
Longacre Press, 1961

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Pioneer G

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Module Configuration

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255-GRC-1980-01085

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330-CFD-DF-ST-85-11979

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330-CFD-DF-ST-85-11980

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SEN 89A-F1

Top view – Artist conception of the Mercury-Atlas 5 emergency escape system. Bottom view – The orbital flight plan of the Mercury-Atlas 5, showing visually the sequence of events of launch and recovery of the spacecraft.

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