Image credit: Look and Learn
Martin Marietta X-24B
Tag: X-Plane
X-24 by Wilf Hardy
Image credit: Look and Learn
Vertifan by Robert Watts
Image credit: Ryan Aeronautical
Image source: SDASM Archives
Re-Entry
Into The Unknown
by Don Dwiggins
Golden Gate Books, 1971
Image credit: Boeing
Image source: Numbers Station
Delta Wing X-15
Image credit: USAF
Image source: Numbers Station
The Hummingbird
Image credit: USAF
Image source: National Archives
SC-142
Image credit: USAF
Image source: National Archives
Venture Star
Boeing Winged Booster
Image credit: North American Aviation
Image source: AFMC
Alden Metcalf
Dyna-Soar in space was never to be, for the program was canceled in December 1963. One of reasons was the development of a new type of aerospace plane, the lifting body.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Boeing
Image source: Numbers Station
Space-Age Station
A spaceport and supply rocket designed by the Martin Marietta Corporation in mid-air in this scene from the Hall of Science space show. In such a port, astronauts may orbit for half a year.
New York World’s Fair 1964/1965
Official Souvenir Book
Time Life, 1964
Image credit: Martin Marietta
Image source: Numbers Station
Cover Art
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: Martin Marietta
Image source: Numbers Station
