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  1. Triton

    Boeing Solar Power Satellite

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-Boeing-Aircraft-Co-power-Seatellite-Press-Photo-/221120728172?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item337bd28c6c
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    • 1970s boeing cold war energy crisis nasa solar-powered space age space race
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  2. 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
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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
  3. Triton

    NASA Meter Platform concept

    Artist's impression of NASA Meter Platform concept photograph found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-NASA-Artist-Concept-of-Meter-Platform-Press-Photo-39-/200805205802?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2ec0ec472a
  4. Triton

    Grumman Advanced Space Construction Base concept

    Concept photograph of Grumman Advanced Space Construction Base circa 1978 found on eBay. URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-NASA-Artist-Concept-Advanced-Space-Construciton-Base-Press-Photo-59-/190713102269?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c6762ffbd
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    • cold war grumman late 1970s nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. U

    NACA and Wright Field projects

    Projects from TsAGI album, dated 1947 Who can identify them?
  6. Triton

    Sally Ride has died at age 61

    Sally Ride, the United States' first woman in space, has died at the age of 61, losing her battle with pancreatic cancer. Source" http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/sally-ride-dead/index.html
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    • astronaut cold war nasa space race united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  7. Grey Havoc

    Good NASA JPL PR vid (MSL [Curiosity])

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqdoXwLBT8&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syA7ml64zY4&feature=plcp Not bad for a PR piece.
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    • 2010s 2012 cold war ii early 21st century jet propulsion laboratory mars nasa post-cold war robotics
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. Stargazer

    NASA « Swift » low-cost unmanned aircraft

    The Swift UAS is a low-cost, experimental, all-electric unmanned autonomous vehicle system, being developed to support research goals in aeronautics and earth science. It comprises the unmanned electric Swift aircraft, dual redundant ground control stations (GCS) and communication links (900 MHz...
  9. 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
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    • apollo program lunar moon nasa northrop space age space race united states
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  10. Orionblamblam

    Conroy Giant Cargo Aircraft Projects Colossus & Virtus

    The Houston AIAA section has published a 4-page article I put together on the Conroy "Virtus," a twin-fuselage heavy lift aircraft built from B-52 parts meant to serve as the Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. You can download it (in the March/April 2012 issue of Horizons) for free here...
  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...
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    • apollo applications program apollo program cold war nasa space age space race united states
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  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...
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    • apollo program bell aircraft corporation cold war nasa rocket propulsion space race united states
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    • Forum: Propulsion
  13. Graham1973

    Mars High Resolution Camera Capsule (1965)

    1965 (Pre-Mariner 4 Atmosphere) design for a hard landing capsule designed to take 1 high resolution photograph of the surface of Mars and then transmit it back to Earth over a period of four days. The camera used would appear to be a distant ancestor of those eventually used on the Viking...
  14. 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...
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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
  15. Graham1973

    Proposed Shuttle Payload: Modular Scanning Spectroradiometer

    Proposed test bed for advanced earth resources sensors, to be mounted in a standard Spacelab pallet. Preliminary Design Study, Shuttle Modular Scanning Spectroradiometer, Final Report https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19760009075/downloads/19760009075.pdf
  16. 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
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    • 1960s apollo program cold war nasa space age space race united states
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  17. Triton

    Kaman Mars Helicopter concept circa 1967

    Kaman Moon Helicopter concept circa 1967 artist's impression found on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kaman-helicopter-use-moon-planets-artist-concept-8x10-1965-/370580580978?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564852ea72
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    • cold war late 1960s mars nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  18. sferrin

    28 min. video of Sky Lab

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJb2yjtDYaY&feature=channel_video_title
  19. Grey Havoc

    NASA Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project

    Here's the Speed Agile's Northrop rival: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/01/pictures-northrop-adapts-b-2s.html http://defensetech.org/2012/01/19/northrops-stealthy-cargo-plane/ It originally grew out of a NASA requirement.
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