From NASA Systems Analysis And Concepts Division
https://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/vab/vab-projects/hercules/
So let’s see, we got:
-an escape capsule
-an escape module within the escape capsule
-a ballute decelerator
-parachutes
-deployable crush absorber
-and retro rockets
And the abandoned...
Just been leafing through a copy of an old Brooke Bond card album about spaceflight which ends with various NASA projects planned before Nixon went for a leaner option
I also have Stephen Baxter's novel VOYAGE about a US manned mission to Mars in the 80s.
To get the Von Braun vision to work...
To start off with:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-363-foot-projection-of-a-rocket-will-be-flashed-14088032.php
Here's a few threads, old and otherwise, on subjects related to Apollo 11:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/astrorocket-saturn-derived-apollo-documents-sale.2991/...
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3748/1
Top Secret DAMON: the classified reconnaissance payload planned for the fourth space shuttle mission
by Dwayne A. Day
Monday, July 1, 2019
The first military/intelligence payload ever scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle was a top-secret...
cold war
early 1980s
late 1970s
nasa
national reconnaissance office
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
spy sat
strategic reconnaissance
united states air force
NASA Opens International Space Station to New Commercial Opportunities, Private Astronauts
NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit.
This move comes as NASA...
This is one of the steps on the road to the Hubble Space Telescope. At this point in the process the telescope contains a lot of Apollo legacy hardware and was designed so that the shuttle could be docked with it to allow maintenance and instrument swap-outs to take place in a shirtsleeve...
The flight campaign for the American space shuttle began on April 12, 1981, with the launch of STS-1 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and ended on July 21, 2011, with wheels stop of STS-135. During the 30 years and 135 missions in between, the program experienced triumphs and tragedies...
NASA spacecraft days away from risky landing (AP, via The Japan News)
https://www.apnews.com/80b0bb92a4a147a0bb0b99626c96044d
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/overview/
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/overview/
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/spacecraft/about-the-lander/...
The BepiColombo space probe is heading towards Mercury after a successful launch at 02:45 BST. It will take seven years for BepiColombo to reach Mercury. BBC News article.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45838991
And this is the full launch of BepiColombo from the Arianespace...
Previously known as the Deep Space Gateway (DSG) or Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G).
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-throws-doubt-joint-lunar-space-station-u-105357218--finance.html
http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Airbus_wins_ESA_studies_for_future_human_base_in_lunar_orbit_999.html
G'day fellow forum members.
I'm trying to find information pertaining to the Blackburn Buccaneer's development being financially supported by US money.
I read it in a credible book many years ago about the Blackburn Buccaneer, but haven't been able to find the book nor title.
Any help in finding...
2nd US Satellite: Vanguard 1 1958 NASA; Oldest Satellite Still in Orbit
Jeff Quitney
Published on Jul 13, 2018
"On March 17, (1958) a Vanguard I rocket launched an Earth satellite with solar batteries. Data from the mission was used to determine that the Earth is slightly pear-shaped.
From...
1958
2018
cold war
committee on special objectives
department of defense
early 1960s
glenn l. martin company
late 1950s
nasa
nrl
nrl rocket development branch
space age
space race
the martin company
united states
united states navy naval research laboratory
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