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Tag: Lunar Lander
Scale Model
Lunar Liftoff
- Mariner IV determined that Mars’ atmosphere is only 1 to 2 percent of the Earth’s in density. This may mean that future manned spacecraft to Mars must employ the same landing technique – retro rockets – as the ones which will be used by the Apollo lunar ship.
- Artist’s drawing of interplanetary explorers maintaining contact through the use of small radio equipment. This particular transmitter is also designed to transmit data concerning the condition of the astronaut and the functioning of his suit.
Mars: Planet for Conquest
by Erik Bergaust
G.P Putnam’s Sons, 1967
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Ascent Stage
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Lunar Liftoff
Nuclear Ferry
A conventional spacecraft, right, has brought into space a manned vehicle which is being towed toward another celestial body by a nuclear rocket.
The Next Fifty Years in Space
by Erik Bergaust
Macmillan, 1964
Image credit: Convair
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Lunar Module Derivatives
Assembly of The Moonships
Weightless in orbit 1,075 miles above earth, workers in space assemble three moon ships. Hawaiian Islands lie below. Winged transports unload near wheel-shaped space station top left. Engineers and equipment cluster around cargo ship lower left, passenger ship center and right.
Man on the Moon.
Collier’s, October 18,1952
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! at Wikipedia
Image credit: Colliers
Image source: AIAA Houston
The Journey
Landing on the moon. Ten minutes before touchdown, rocket motors are switched on to slow down ships’ high-speed fall caused by the moon’s gravity. Vehicles are maneuvering 550 miles above landing area known as Sinus Roris (Dewy Bay), dark plain above cargo ship in lower left.
Man on the Moon.
Collier’s, October 18,1952
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! at Wikipedia
Image credit: Colliers
Image source: AIAA Houston
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Lunar Orbit Station at Astronautix
Image credit: Eagle Engineering
Image source: Internet Archive
Sentovic Lander
Eagle Book of Rockets and Space
by John W.R. Taylor and Maurice Allward
Longacre Press, 1961
Image credit: Convair
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