Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Mike Acs
Tag: reusable spacecraft
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
Image source: Internet Archive
MDAC Orbiter
Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
MDAC A
Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
File source: NASA NTRS
532 Flyback Booster
Image credit: Grumman
File source: NASA NTRS
Canard Booster
Imaged credit: NASA
File source: NASA NTRS
Space Shuttle
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
Pegasus Cutaway & Plan
Pegasus Intercontinental Passenger Rocket
- Forward pressure dome;
- Two-man crew compartment;
- Re-entry stabilization fines (2);
- Cargo compartment;
- Aft pressure dome;
- Pressurized cabin for passengers (170);
- Deck structure (4) with passenger couches (43 each).
Pegasus during atmospheric re-entry uses the LH2-cooled plug nozzle as a heat shield. The ballistic transport would convey 172 passengers and freight 7,456 miles (12,000 km.) in 39 min. without exceeding an acceleration of 3g during ascent or re-entry. At the arrival spaceport it would hover on rocket thrust during a soft landing in the vertical attitude.
Pegasus Passenger Compartment
- Four-level passenger access doors (3);
- Stairways (2) connecting four passenger decks;
- Double-wall acoustic damping structure;
- Luggage racks (9);
- Re-entry stabilization fins (2).
Frontiers of Space
Philip Bono & Kenneth Gatland
Macmillan, 1969
Image credit: Douglas / Blandford Press
Images: Numbers Station, SDASM Archives
NAR Artist Concept
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
SSTO Three-View
518 Flyback Booster
Image credit: Grumman
File source: NASA NTRS
619 by Craig Kavafes
Image credit: Grumman
