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Tag: Mars
Viking
A Laboratory on Mars
Prime goal of Project Viking is this National Aeronautics and Space Administration sketch, to land a biological laboratory on the surface of Mars. The picture shows a design in which the protective housing around the experiments unfolds in petal fashion once the laboratory is safely on the Martian surface.
Project Viking: Space Conquest Beyond the Moon
by Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970
Image credit: NASA
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Boeing Viking
Project Viking: Space Conquest Beyond the Moon
by Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970
Image credit: NASA
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M.A.R.S.
GENERAL DYNAMICS / ASTRONAUTICS artist’s conception of a three-man Manned Astronautical Research Station (MARS) in operation 200 miles above earth. The station in orbit would be linked to a spent Centaur vehicle. The two bodies would rotate about each other, the resulting centrifugal force providing the necessary artificial gravity.
Missiles and Rockets, Feb 10, 1964
Image credit: General Dynamics
Image source: Internet Archive
Paul Rossi
Image credit: Martin
Leynnwood Gallery
Who Owns the Universe?
Mars, at its closest 35,000,000 miles from Earth, as seen from its outer moon Deimos, where man could land before going on to the planet.
Man will Conquer Space Soon.
Collier’s, March 22, 1953
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! at Wikipedia
Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston
Can We Get to MARS?
- Cutaway of plane in the foreground shows personnel, tractors in ship.
- Advance party, after landing on Martian snow in ski-equipped plane, prepares for trip to equator. Men live in inflatable, pressurized spheres mounted on tractors, enter and leave through air locks in the central column. Sphere on tractor is just being blown up. Cutaway of tractor, foreground, shows closed-circuit engine, run by hydrogen peroxide, oil. Trailer cutaway shows fuel supply, cargo.
Is there Life on Mars?
Collier’s, April 30, 1954
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! at Wikipedia
Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston
620 Miles Above Mars
- Near wheel-shaped space station 1,000 miles from the earth, built especially for assembly of the Mars expedition, weightless workers put together 10 rocket ships required for the flight. Three of the huge space craft have torpedo noses which convert to planes for landing on the planet.
- The first landing party takes off for Mars. Two other landing planes will wait until runway is prepared for them, and then the remaining seven ships will stay in 600-mile orbit. Arms on cargo ships hold screenlike dish antennas (for communication), trough-shaped solar mirrors (for power).
Is there Life on Mars?
Collier’s, April 30, 1954
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! at Wikipedia
Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston
Return Flight
After 15 month exploration, the Mars expedition prepares for return flight to earth. Two landing planes are set on tails, with wings and landing gear removed. They will rocket back to the 600-mile orbit on first leg of journey.
Is there Life on Mars?
Collier’s, April 30, 1954
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! at Wikipedia
Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston
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