Credit/source: Bonhams Auction House
Early Space Shuttle Model
Tag: winged spacecraft
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
Emergency Separation
S-69-2622
Image credit: NASA
Image credit: Mike Acs
Astronomy Module
A huge telescope in this astronomy module can be docked with the Space Station ’80 to give scientists the best view of stars ever possible.
Space Station ’80
by Lou Jacobs, Jr.
Hawthorn Books, 1973
Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station
Man-Carrying Satellite
Satellite Glider
ILRV
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
