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Tag: orbital launch vehicle
Holy Nova!
The Apollo Family Tree
From Space Station ’80
Orbiter and booster both returned to earth in this version of the shuttle.
Space Station ’80
by Lou Jacobs, Jr.
Hawthorn Books, 1973
Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: Numbers Station
Space Delivery
Space delivery – The partnership of the space ferry and the manned laboratory is demonstrated in this sketch. Here astronauts in a Douglas Astro ferry approach a huge space station with fresh supplies of food and test equipment. Eventually, experimental orbiting stations may give way to orbiting terminals for space travelers of the future.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Numbers Station
Assembling Spaceball
Huge space ferries are used by astronauts to perform the final assembly of the huge Spaceball orbiting station.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Numbers Station
Saturn by Davis Meltzer
Advanced Saturn
Nexus
Nova Cut-A-Way
Astro by Ron Simpson
Do The Astro!
ASTRO — a manned reusable spacecraft concept developed by Douglas Aircraft.
PLAN AND ELEVATION views of ASTRO A2 vehicle. Note booster vehicle attachment at aft end.
Missiles and Rockets, September 3, 1962
Image credit: Douglas
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