
Image credit: NASA GRC
Image source: National Archives

Image credit: NASA GRC
Image source: National Archives

Image credit: NASA GRC
Image source: National Archives

NOV 1 1972
THIS SPACE SHUTTLE IS SCHEDULED TO START OPERATIONS IN 1978
Vehicle will make round trips ferrying men into orbit and the returning them to earth.
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station

Third release week of November 15, 1971
THE 6:10 INTO SPACE. NASA is working on the design of a winged shuttle craft to resupply the manned space stations of the next decade. The giant space transports shown here can carry 50,000 pounds of men and cargo to the cluster of cylinders that make up a space base, the return to Earth and land like airplanes.
Credit: North American Rockwell
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station


Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station







Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station


I’m pretty certain these two images are by the same hand, but which one? They’re both heavily referenced and painted in what I would describe as North American Rockwell’s house style, but the palette and brushwork bring me back to a beautiful painting Don Bester did of the Saturn Shuttle. I could be wrong, but that’s the box I’m checking for now.
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Mike Acs

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Drew Granston

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Drew Granston


Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station