NASA HQ MH70-5236 1-30-70

Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: Cradle of Aviation Museum

1968

Artist’s concept of the pre-Shuttle Lockheed-sponsored Star Clipper stage-and-one-half lifting body configuration ascending from a desert launching base – circa 1968.

Lockheed Horizons, Number 13, 1983

Image credit: Lockheed Martin
Image source: The Portal to Texas History

LS-200-5

Final evolution of the Lockheed LS-200-5 lifting body stage-and-one-half configuration under NASA Space Shuttle Alternate Concepts contracts in December 1970.

Lockheed Horizons, Number 13, 1983

Image credit: Lockheed Martin
Image source: The Portal to Texas History

STAR Clipper

Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: Mike Acs

MSFC 69-PD 4035

Image credit: NASA Marshall
Image source: NASA Images

LS-200-8

Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: Mike Acs

NASA HQ MC68-6609-7-26-68

Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: Mike Acs

Operational Concept

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Image credit: GD / Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives

Triamese Scale Models

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Image credit: GD / Convair
Images: SDASM Archives, National Air and Space Museum