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
Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
File source: NASA NTRS
Image credit: Grumman
File source: NASA NTRS
Imaged credit: NASA
File source: NASA NTRS
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
Pegasus Intercontinental Passenger Rocket
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
Frontiers of Space
Philip Bono & Kenneth Gatland
Macmillan, 1969
Image credit: Douglas / Blandford Press
Images: Numbers Station, SDASM Archives
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
Image credit: Grumman
File source: NASA NTRS
Image credit: Grumman
Image credit: Grumman
File source: NASA NTRS
