space race

  1. B

    Bölkow BORAS

    Space Transporter concept "BORAS" – Bolkow Raum Transporter. Bolkow Developments KG Two stage space transporter with horizontal take-off. First stage uses 8 high – pressure ejector rocket engines. Each engine has 248 kN thrust. Upper stage has 2 rocket engines and a payload of 3 t. Launcher mass...
  2. B

    MBB Lifting Body Capsule

    Anyone fancy translating.
  3. B

    Ambulance Capsule

    Anyone have time to translate?
  4. Flyaway

    Apollo 17 50th Anniversary

    New video from NASA to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the mission. View: https://youtu.be/XhvliTtzQXY
    • Flyaway
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    • 1972 apollo program cold war early 1970s moon nasa space age space race united states
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. thatdronedude

    Laser Battle Station Model Kit Inspiration

    I recently bought a NIB copy of the Revell "Laser Battle Stations" model kit from 1984. There were a number of other kits released at the same time that all have connections to reports and concepts (see images) but these "laser battle stations" are a bit hard to place. They appear to be modeled...
    • thatdronedude
    • Thread
    • 1980s cold war models sdi space age space race space weapons strategic defense initiative united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. Grey Havoc

    Lunar Hilton (late 1960s)

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/z8frvx/what_happened_to_hiltons_hotel_on_the_moon/ https://mascola.com/insights/lunar-hilton-luxury-hotel-advertising/ http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/hotels_in_space.shtml...
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • cold war hilton hotels corporation hilton lunar mcdonnell douglas moon moonbase orbiter hilton space age space race united states
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  7. Flyaway

    Mariner 4

    New Scott Manley video. Computers Were So Slow Scientists 'Painted' The First Close Up Image Of Mars View: https://youtu.be/nSQlM6yGh7k
    • Flyaway
    • Thread
    • cold war deep space probes jet propulsion laboratory mariner r mars nasa space age space race united states venus
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. Orionblamblam

    Martin EGRESS

    I'm stunned to find out that, unless several searches failed to work properly, there is no thread for the Martin "EGRESS" (EMERGENCY GLOBAL RESCUE, ESCAPE, AND SURVIVAL SYSTEM) capsule. This was a modification of the ejection capsule used on the B-58... fitted with a heat shield, de-orbit motor...
  9. flateric

    NPO Energiya Pody'om (Lift-off) system - pre-Energiya-Buran

    https://vk.com/wall914417_13541 http://epizodyspace.ru/bibl/glushko/izbran-rab-glushko/3/01.html
    • flateric
    • Thread
    • 1970s cccp cold war soviet strategic rocket forces soviet union space age space race ussr
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. archipeppe

    The Untold Stories of the Space Shuttle Program: Unfulfilled Dreams and Missions that Never Flew (Springer Praxis Books) 1st ed. 2022

    The latest work of my friend Davide Sivolella an aeronautical engineer and a skilled author, who lives in England. If you want to learn about never realized Space Shuttle versions, this is the right book...
    • archipeppe
    • Thread
    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century nasa post-cold war space race space shuttle space station space transportation system united states air force
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  11. russiafareast1972

    Unknown illustrations of space projects by Dr. Dandridge Cole from a 1963 book

    New vintage book from my PDF collection of Dr. Dandridge Cole. Exploring the Secrets of Space: Astronautics for the Layman 1963 Prentice-Hall. This black and white book is a prologue to a colored tome Beyond Tomorrow. Above - unknown illustrations. Almost unknown illustrations - the view from...
  12. russiafareast1972

    Online galleries of new and classic cutaways space and vintage tech

    NASA and Space X artist Tony Bela https://www.tonybela.com/page2.html Starship illustrations by Matthew Cushman https://www.behance.net/gallery/33225347/Cutaway-Illustrations-by-Matthew-Paul-Cushman Great English artist LESLIE ASHWELL WOOD - Eagle magazine. The best technical illustrations...
  13. Orionblamblam

    Space Defense Platform

    A space weapon concept model from 1961-62. More jibberjabber here: https://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=5018
  14. russiafareast1972

    Russian Soviet projects of orbital transport ring systems of the future 1973-1984

    See comprehensive illustration below (high resolution illustration). From magazines Technique for youth. The evolution of the Soviet engineering imagination. TM 4 1973 electromagnetic sling (predecessor of Gerald O Neil's mass accelerator). TM 1 1974 Georgy Pokrovsky's sling asteroid...
  15. Grey Havoc

    Valery Polyakov RIP (20th September, 2022)

    Thought there was a thread on this already, my apologies for the belated post. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62964177 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/science/valery-polyakov-dead.html https://www.astronomy.com/news/2022/09/valeri-polyakov-record-breaking-cosmonaut-dies-at-age-80...
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • cccp cold war cosmonauts post-cold war russian federation russian space agency soviet union space race test pilots ussr
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  16. russiafareast1972

    Trained asteroids by Dr. Dandridge Cole: Colossal DART Probe Project 1964.

    On September 26-27, the DART probe successfully collided with the asteroid Dimorph. The plan for this experiment on a futuristic megalomaniac scale was published in 1964. I have a 1964 e-book in my collection: Dandridge Cole Donald Cox Islands in Space The Challenge of the Planetoids 1964...
  17. russiafareast1972

    BIS H. E. Ross and R. A. Smith Space Station

    Hello from Russia. A rare diagram of the space station of the British Interplanetary Society from the book 1959 Project Satellite. Kenneth W. Gatland This is the first futuristic scheme in Dr. Gatland's books. All information about this umbrella https://www.bis-space.com/technical-projects/...
  18. Graham1973

    Recreating Apollo Communications in the Lab

    The team that revived an Apollo AGC is now attempting the same feat with Apollo communications equipment... Parts 1 - 5 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49ucdZcx9s View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laYpGB1pWAc View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8gND82t6G4 View...
    • Graham1973
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    • apollo program early 2020s space race
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: The Bar
  19. overscan (PaulMM)

    Research in NASA history - a guide to the NASA history program

    https://history.nasa.gov/sp4543.pdf This document published in 2009 contains a summary of published books about NASA history and also a guide to the collections and archives found at various NASA locations. Looks potentially useful for researchers.
  20. Graugrun

    South African indigenous propulsion projects.

    A collection of various South African propulsion projects, prototypes and ideas. Bits and pieces of these projects have been scattered around this site, I think it's time to gather them into one place for easy reference. Starting with this article on Cape Aerospace Technologies (CAT) designs...
    • Graugrun
    • Thread
    • cold war icbm post-cold war republic of south africa space race
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Propulsion
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