apollo program

  1. Triton

    Grumman Horizontal Landing Logistics Spacecraft proposals

    Grumman Horizontal Landing Logistics Spacecraft proposals found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRUMMAN-PROPOSALS-HORIZONTAL-LANDING-LOGISTICS-SPACECRAFT-REENTRY-VEHICLE-DESIGN-/132212492362?hash=item1ec87a884a:g:FUUAAOSwcB5ZMDzz
  2. G

    RIP Simon Ramo 1913-2016

    http://www.dailybreeze.com/obituaries/20160628/simon-ramo-1913-2016-aerospace-pioneer-and-icbm-chief-architect-was-the-r-in-trw
    • GeorgeA
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    • 20th century aerospace industry apollo program bunker ramo corporation cold war defense industry early 21st century icbm nasa national reconnaissance office post-cold war satellite space probes space race spy sat strategic defense initiative thompson ramo wooldridge trw united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. Grey Havoc

    Edgar Mitchell, last surviving member of Apollo 14 mission, passes away

    http://gizmodo.com/rip-apollo-14-astronaut-edgar-mitchell-the-sixth-man-t-1757382904 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35506000 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/05/us/edgar-mitchell-moon-astronaut-dies-obit-feat/index.html...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • apollo program astronaut cold war nasa space race test pilots united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. O

    Song video using Apollo footage

    Discovered this today.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaIS-tY57Zg Chris Staples "Dark Side of the Moon".. First, its not the Pink Floyd song, so don't be surprised. Second, great set decoration making the ultimate late 60's apartment. Third, I'm curious about the clip at 3:15 showing the...
    • ohpossum
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    • 2010s apollo program popular culture space race
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    • Forum: The Bar
  5. Grey Havoc

    Skylab savior Jack A. Kinzler RIP

    Via Slashdot: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/us/jack-kinzler-skylabs-savior-dies-at-94.html Jack Kinzler in 1973 with a photo of the thermal shield he created for the Skylab station. Credit United Press International Godspeed.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2014 apollo applications program apollo program cold war nasa nasa johnson space center space age space race
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. The Artist

    Dee Howard DBA - 'The Big One'

    I'm re-posting this in a new thread to give this design a more proper identification and to have the thread ready when additional information (and hopefully the drawing) can be made available. I've done a few searches here on Dee Howard and haven't come up with anything. Should there be an...
  7. RyanC

    Rocket Engines, concepts, experiments (past/present/future)

    So I found an engine program which wasn't on Astronautix by randomly reading documents on the US Space & Rocket Center's digital archives at UAH. The document in question is: Launch Vehicle Engines Project Development Plan MA001-A50-2H (1 January 1967) And here's the link to download the...
    • RyanC
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    • 20th century 21st century apollo program
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    • Forum: Propulsion
  8. Johnbr

    Manned Venus Flyby: Apollo’s Hail Mary Pass

    Found this here. http://falsesteps.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/manned-venus-flyby/
    • Johnbr
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    • apollo applications program apollo program apollo x cold war deep space probes manned venus flyby manned venus orbiting mission nasa space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. Triton

    Boeing Lunar Rover circa 1991

    Boeing Lunar Rover circa 1991 Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Boeing-Lunar-Rover-Press-Photo-/190704380245?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66dde955
    • Triton
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    • 1991 apollo program boeing bush administration (20th century) cold war early 1990s general motors lunar outpost (sei) lunar rover moon moonbase nasa nasa first lunar outpost program post-cold war space age space exploration initiative space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. Triton

    Northrop "Walking" Lunar Vehicle concept photo

    Northrop "Walking" Lunar Vehicle from 1965 concept photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Press-Photo-1965-Moon-Lunar-Concept-Vehicle-By-Northrop-Space-Lab-Apollo-Moon-La-/160790921570?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item256fe2c162
    • Triton
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    • apollo program lunar moon nasa northrop space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. Graham1973

    Lunar Surface Instrumentation (1966)

    I was looking for information on the Lunar Surveying Staff, an instrument proposed for the first series of Apollo flights and stumbled across a report into the proposed lunar surveying instrumentation intended for the lunar flights carried out under Apollo Applications. What is of interest...
    • Graham1973
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    • apollo applications program apollo program cold war nasa space age space race united states
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  12. Graham1973

    Bell - Experimental Spacecraft RCS Thruster (1966)

    During the 1960's NASA looked at several possible improvements to the existing Block II Apollo's. One such study was by Bell and looked into a new design for RCS thrusters, which was theoretically scaleable from 5lb to 1000lb of thrust. Experimental auxiliary rocket engine, part I. Final report...
    • Graham1973
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    • apollo program bell aircraft corporation cold war nasa rocket propulsion space race united states
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Propulsion
  13. Graham1973

    Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle (Bendix)

    NASAs pre-Apollo program underwent a number of changes as the need to reach the moon before the Russians came to dominate the program. One concept, that was studied and not proceeded with was mounting a small (100lb) rover to a modified Surveyor. It was to be fitted with small scientific...
    • Graham1973
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    • 1960s apollo program bendix aerospace systems division bendix corporation cold war lunar robots lunar roving vehicle moon nasa nuclear powered vehicles space age space probes space race surveyor program united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  14. Triton

    Westinghouse Moon Shelter concept 1965

    Westinghouse Moon Shelter concept drawing circa 1965 found on eBay. URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Press-Photo-1965-Concept-Drawing-Moon-Shelter-Astronauts-Moon-Stay-/160738182426?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item256cbe051a
    • Triton
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    • 1960s apollo program cold war nasa space age space race united states
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  15. Graham1973

    Bendix Dual Mode LRV

    During the 1960's one proposal for the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was make it so that after the manned mission was over it could be used as an unmanned rover for further exploration. Here is the final presentation report for the Bendix Version...
    • Graham1973
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    • 1960s apollo apollo program bendix aerospace systems division bendix corporation cold war general motors grumman lunar robots lunar rover lunar roving vehicle nasa nuclear powered vehicles optionally manned space age space race
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. Michel Van

    Apollo exploitation movies

    so Hollywood get Apollo Program in there claws after Michael "Armageddon" Bay, Transformer3 give Apollo 11 a treatment ::) http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/transformersdarkofthemoon/ comes now Apollo 18 Thriller ala Alien were a US Military lunar mission look at manned Soviet...
    • Michel Van
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    • apollo program hollywood
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    • Forum: The Bar
  17. C

    US Lunar Lander Concepts

    The first three spacecraft studied under NASA's Apollo program designation were proposals by Martin, General Electric and Convair Astronautics (General Dynamics) in partnership with Avco. Depicted here is the Convair Phase C lunar lander, in which the entire Apollo vehicle landed on the moon --...
    • circle-5
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    • apollo program cold war early 1960s lunar moon nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  18. Triton

    Apollo CSM-derived projects

    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...
  19. Skybolt

    Alternate "Saturns" from 1960

    1963, like rightly Scott says on his blog (http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=2640 showing gorgeous COLOR graphics of early Martin post-Saturns), was a great year for space and future. But what we'd say of 1960 ? The companies were not only working with great plans for a rather far-off future, after...
  20. Michel Van

    S-IVB as reusable SSTO

    Around end 1960's Douglas proposed several projects for reuse of S-IVB Stage the final Idea was a reusable S-IVB with Aerospike engine to use as upperstage on Saturn launcher or as SSTO got some one more info (like payload) on that proposal ? thanks in advance
    • Michel Van
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    • apollo program cold war douglas aircraft company douglas aircraft company missile & space division douglas missile & space division late 1960s nasa single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto united states
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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