The shuttlecraft docked with the station -in this case a top docking, but a nose docking is also possible. Two other shuttlecraft are seen, each of a slightly different configuration, since this scene looks forward to a time when shuttles, like aircraft today, will be specially designed according to their functions.
Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974
Image credit: Robert McCall
Image source: Numbers Station
Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974
Image credit: Robert McCall
Image source: Numbers Station
Image credit: CNES
Image source: European Space Agency
Image credit: Rockwell
Image source: National Archives
Image credit: Convair
Image source: Numbers Station
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: KSSU The Blog
Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives
Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives
Concept shows the Shuttle in flight, heading toward separation of the Booster and the Orbiter at about 40-mi. altitude.
Image credit: Grumman
Image source: Internet Archive
