Image credit: NASA
Image source: National Archives
330-CFD-DF-SC-91-00022
Tag: winged space vehicle
330-CFD-DF-SC-91-00021
A view of a model of the first stage of a two-stage horizontal takeoff and landing vehicle designed to place shuttle class payloads in low earth orbit. The model will be used in launcher studies by the Aeromechanics Division of the Flight Dynamics Laboratory.
Image credit: NASA
Image source: National Archives
255-GRC-1991-C-01077
Image credit: NASA
Image source: National Archives
255-GRC-1991-C-01079
Image credit: NASA
Image source: National Archives
Early Space Shuttle Model
Credit/source: Bonhams Auction House
Space Plane Prototype Model
Credit/source: Bonhams Auction House
Glide To Landing
After completing its run to the manned orbiting lab, an Astroplane space ferry glides in for a regular landing.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Aerojet-General
Image source: Numbers Station
Astroplane 10
Still another possible space ferry of tomorrow is this huge Astroplane-10 liquid rocket system that can blast off from earth like a missile and later land like a regular airplane.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Aerojet-General
Image source: Numbers Station
NAR 134
Image credit: North American Rockwell
File source: NASA NTRS
Candidate Carrier
(Clipped Delta)
(Wing Tale)
Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
File source: NASA NTRS
Two-Stage Concepts
Image credit: McDonnell Douglas
File source: NASA NTRS
General Arrangement
Image credit: North American Rockwell
File source: NASA NTRS
