Tag: Space Station

Man Will Conquer Space Soon

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  1. Man will Conquer Space Soon.
  2. Men and materials arrive in a winged rocket and take “space taxis” to wheeled space station at right. Men wear pressurized suits. Three “space taxis’ can be seen – one leaving rocket, another reaching satellite, a third near the already-built astronomical observatory.
  3. Skin of rocket ship’s third stage (shown over Cape Town, South Africa) glows read hot on return trip. Phenomenon does not occur during ascent.

Man will Conquer Space Soon
Collier’s, March 22, 1953

Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston

The Round-The-Moon Ship

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The first trip to our moon will be without landing, in a ship designed to travel in space only, taking off near the Space Station and returning to it. Here the round-the-moon ship is some 240,000 miles from earth, 50 miles above the lunar surface. The large crater is Aristillus (diameter 35 miles); the other crater is Autolycus; the distant mountains are the lunar Apennines.

Man will Conquer Space Soon
Collier’s, March 22, 1953

Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: Mike Acs

Short Final

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Stunning representation of a NAR Phase A orbiter about to land by Henry Lozano Jr., from the collection of everyone’s favorite space archivist.

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Mike Acs

Buran

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Image credit: Department of Defense
Image source: National Archives

Reconnaissance Tomorrow

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Image credit: USAF
Image source: National Archives