Renowned space artist Robert McCall, whose artwork may be found on many attachments here at Secret Projects illustrating various NASA concepts, died of a heart attack on February 26, 2010 at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Hospital. He was 90 years old.
Obituary at Space.com...
Vladimir Sergeevich Ilyushin was born on 31 March, 1927, the eldest son of leading Soviet aircraft designer Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin's father was a favoured member of the Soviet establishment. It may be noted that aircraft designer Tupolev blamed Ilyushin's father for the...
Sorry, I don't have a scanner but there's a photo on page 7 of Secret Gadgets and Strange Gizmos by Bill Yenne that shows an ion engine. The caption reads: "The three technicians shown here in protective clothing have just emerged from cleaning in the residual toxic mercury atmosphere within...
North American Aviation X-15 model by Topping
URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/X-15-Rocket-Plane-Contractor-Model-USAF-NASA_W0QQitemZ250561548077QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a56a1cf2d
Description:
NASA's long term mission plans involved space-voyages lasting for several years. While Apollo would provide some information on the effect of weightlessness on the human body over short periods of time, the full effects of longer periods was considered an especial concern.
To study the effects...
USAF interplanetary spacecraft concept model using Space Power Unit Reactor (SPUR) found on EBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Spacecraft-Concept-Contractor-Desk-Model-NASA-USAF_W0QQitemZ110459822900QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b7eb2334
Description from EBay:
cold war
deep space probes
nuclear microreactor
nuclear power
nuclear rockets
small nuclear reactors
spacerace
united states
united states air force
usaf
Back in 1985 Aviation Week ran a piece of Boeing art with an article on a White House Aeronautics policy. The art depicted what I took to be a transport TAV in Boeing house colors. This attachment is a drawing I did when I saw that article and I'm posting it here to support my question. Does...
The recent discussion about HERMES on Ariane 4 triggered a memory of another reusable lifting vehicle planned to be launched by Ariane 4 – the PLATO Platform Orbiter.
The PLATO concept of a small uncrewed winged reentry vehicle was developed by MBB-ERNO in the late Eighties to provide Europe...
Model of Precursor Research and Application Module from General Dynamics, Convair Aerospace Division, from unknown space project. Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL)?
CSM Experiments Pallet
Proposed modification of the Apollo Service Module to permit a variety of Earth/Lunar orbit experiments to be carried. One such experiment evolved into the Apollo Telescope Mount fitted to Skylab. In a more limited form, this modification saw light as the SIM bay on...
Apollo Telescope Mount 01, "Stellar ATM" (Space World magazine, June 1972 (vol I-6-102), "Lunar Module Derivatives for Future Space Missions," pp.58)
Apollo Telescope Mount 02 (Kenneth Gatland, "The Pocket Encyclopedia of Spaceflight in Color: Manned Spacecraft," 1967, p.230)
Apollo...
In 1966 NASA asked the Convair Division of General Dynamic to research the use of Apollo systems to test out large scale space construction projects. This research generated a report that consists of five volumes.
Large space structure experiments for AAP. Volume 1 - Summary Final report, 15...
Links, concept artwork, and models of the Apollo Applications Program (AAP) probe to Mars program named Voyager from the 1960s. Not to be confused with the later Voyager program that went to the outer planets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program_(Mars)...
Dear forum members,
do anybody know what is the experimental "flying disc" shown at minutes 19:18-19:22 of this video by Jane's journalist Nick Cook, please?
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-834605691449249469
I have made 3 stills from the video:
- the disc is dropped:
- two...
PARSECS stands for "Program for Astronomical Research and Scientific Experiments Concerning Space". It was a major effort by Boeing starting from the late 1957 to at least 1960 under the Model 854, 855 and 856 designations. Boeing envisioned, with input from preminent scientists and astronomers...
back in 1960 P. A. E. Stewart proposed a British manned Moon Program
with the use of Blue Streak and Black Knight technolgy
phase 1, 1960 to 1963 first probes (ranger types) to the moon
Phase 2, 1964 to 1967 Hardware testing on earth Low orbit and Lunar Orbit.
phase 3, 1968 to 1969 the...
hello folks i know that there is a prototype of an Russian moonlander some where in Russia
developed for the Russian manned voyage to the moon.
I'm very curious of there were more Russian designs for manned moon or mars lander
best regards T-50
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