space station

Hello everyone this is my first post here i found this bookmarked document i saved some time ago I think I found it in the archives... basically there was a proposal that between Skylab and the space shuttle there will be several interim space stations in low earth orbit...

Illustration for Isaac Asimov's novel Man in Space by Robert McCall, 1974 (king size) :

https://www.russianspaceweb.com/dals.html I am curious if any hardware for the DALS, the planned N1/L3 missions scientific equipment was produced or tested. I am also unaware of any scientific equipment that was specific to the fourth unlaunched Lunokhod (Lunokhod 3).

In 1929 physicist Hermann Oberth coined the idea for a behemoth space mirror that would reflect sunlight onto Earth during night time, thus creating an everlasting day, and significantly boosting crop yields. Sometime in late World War II, the concept was discovered by the Nazis, who sought to...

"Restored USAF documentary from 1962 about future space exploration as imagined in the early 1960s. Cargo transport to space stations and lunar bases is shown using animation. Rockets (Saturn inspired), spaceplanes and cargo vehicles (Agena inspired) are depicted. "

https://spacenews.com/vast-releases-design-of-haven-2-commercial-space-station/

As the US looks to go back to the Moon with Artemis my question here is, what might have been feasible in the 1970s to keep the US sending manned expeditions to the Moon? Clearly, the main obstacle was a political one. With no Soviet manned lunar programme once the US had got to the Moon first...

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...

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/...

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-futuristic-space-technology-concepts-for-early-study/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-sierra-space-orbital-reef-space-station-plans/

Makes sense to move this into its own thread. This is a thread about the free-flying telescope module. View: https://mobile.twitter.com/dr_guangtou/status/1384547267999322113 View: https://mobile.twitter.com/dr_guangtou/status/1384547272264925188 View...

The Russian military has finally revealed the rocket-propelled grenade weapon system developed for the Almaz space station project in the 1970s. Links: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz-shield2.html http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_ops2.html :eek: :cool: View...

I`ve bumped into some interesting article and I wanna share it with you and hear your thoughts about that project. The world`s first space hotel is slated to open in 2027 . Orbital Assembly Corporation, the group behind Voyager Station, has announced plans to begin building the hotel in low...

First commercial module to be docked to ISS. Eventually they will separate from ISS once a power module is launched to form the Axiom Station. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/01/nasa-axiom-space-build-commercial-station-segment/

Another new NASA project based on the NextSTEP program. Story https://spacenews.com/nasa-looks-to-support-development-of-commercial-space-stations/ Obviously Bigelow will make this a "must win" effort. Hopefully, someone will have an artificial G proposal. Or maybe Bigelow can steal an old...

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum and I want to ask if my fellow members would be willing to post any documents, diagrams, concept art, etc. they may possess describing proposed configurations of the ISS when it was called "Space Station Alpha" back in 1993-4. I am seeking material depicting...

Immagine that Richard Nixon instead of JFK was elected President of United States in November 1960,and that Alan Shepard was the first man in space (but not in orbit) in Febraury 1961. Two events that could happen. In this scenario,if President Nixon not consider necessary a manned mission on...

Advanced Skylab. A great occasion lost. :'( A large space station for the Shuttle, straightway.

A BELLCOMM, INC. studie from July 23, 1968 by E. D. Marion J. A. Schelke they proposed an smaller Space Station concept against Skylab (and MOL)! Modules launch by Titan IIIM, with modified Gemini B capsule the module are 17 ft long and 15ft ø weight 21,200 to 12,100 lb Power system a 3 kw...