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The MOL – Manned Orbiting Laboratory – is shown, in this artist’s view, being lifted into space by the Titan III C. On top of the cylindrical canister, the crew sit in a modified Gemini capsule.

Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965

Image credit: USAF
Image source: Numbers Station

Lockheed Space Taxi

Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: AFMC 

Cover Art

Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965

Image credit: Martin Marietta
Image source: Numbers Station

The Space Shuttle

NASA Spinoff – 1981

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Internet Archive

PEP

NASA Spinoff – 1982

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Internet Archive

Construction In Space

NASA Spinoff – 1982

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Internet Archive

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.

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Mike Acs

Sol Dember

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

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station

Ship Built in Space

Image credit: Boeing Aircraft Company
Image source: Mike Acs

PARSECS Mission V

Image credit: Boeing Aircraft Company
Image source: Mike Acs