Sperry Gyroscope Co. ad with spacecraft construction

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I found the following image in some magazine like "Popular Science" a few decades ago. The page displayed this image, said it was from a Sperry Gyroscope C. ad from 1962, and then displayed an obvious plagiarism from a latter Soviet publication, with the article sternly pointing out why it is a bad thing to copy other's work.


Does anybody know anything about this Sperry ad? Is there an image at a better resolution?


In the upper center there appears to be some kind of construction space pod with a full body window and two arms, moving a fuel tank. Pretty pod, but the large window is a bit extravagant.


There is also a long tube connecting the spacecraft to an airlock on the rim of the wheel space station. However, it is unclear what would keep the spacecraft in place if the wheel was rotating. The station airlock is a drum with a ladder leading to the airlock chamber roof hatch. Outside the lock a ladder leads from the roof hatch down the side.
 

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