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  1. Boxman

    Gizmodo Showcase of Aerospace Artists -Hejja, Fjeld, McCall, Meltzer

    As per this item today (10-Nov-2014), Gizmodo is starting a series of posts "showcasing the work of some of the most noted aerospace artists." They start today with Attila Héjja (Hejja): The Hungarian-Born Painter Who Immortalized America's Space Program by Atilla Nagy, Gizmodo - 10-Nov-2014 **...
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    • aerospace aerospace industry artwork cold war nasa space age space race united states air force
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  2. Grey Havoc

    James Webb Space Telescope (Technical Post ONLY !)

    I thought we had a thread for the JWST already, but I couldn't find it. Ah well. Via the Daily Telegraph:
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 21st century astronomy canadian space agency early 21st century european space agency nasa
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. Michel Van

    OOPS, has NASA bring life to Mars ?!

    it seems that NASA screw up the Sterilization process on Curiosity rover before Launch according this Source http://www.nature.com/news/microbial-stowaways-to-mars-identified-1.15249 Curiosity rover was launch with 377 bacteria strains, 41 of those must survived the Trip and now living on Mars…
    • Michel Van
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    • 2010s mars nasa space probes
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  4. 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
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. Grey Havoc

    Challenger

    View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd7dxmBLg48 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_disaster http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?234980-Challenger-anniversary From the 25th anniversary (2011)...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1986 cape canaveral cold war nasa ov-099 space shuttle space transportation system sts-51-l
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. Hanse

    Constellation is Back (NASA Heavy Lift)

    "Finally, just last Friday President Obama signed a new federal spending bill into law. This bill includes money to continue NASA's human space exploration program. Surprisingly, the exploration program being funded is a program long thought dead by the space community. It is basically the...
  7. C

    Space scooter??

    What is exatly this? An alternative type of MMU for Skylab or Shuttle? Is in a lot of space publications of 70s. P.S- (A Apollo docking probe on the nose)?? :o
  8. Graham1973

    Hughes - Severe Storms Observing Satellite (SSOS aka StormSat)

    Hughes designed geosynchronous satellite optimised to study mesoscale phenomena such as tornados, squall lines and large convective systems. Had the satellite been built, the launch vehicle would have either been a Delta rocket or the Space Shuttle. Severe Storms Observing Satellite...
    • Graham1973
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    • cold war earth observation hughes aircraft company meteorology nasa noaa space age space race space shuttle united states weather satellite
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. Grey Havoc

    NASA Lunar gardens?

    http://rt.com/news/nasa-grow-plants-moon-420/
  10. Grey Havoc

    Scott Carpenter passes on

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864# http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?231212-Scott-Carpenter-RIP http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/10/10/2032208/mercury-astronaut-scott-carpenter-dies-at-88...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. Graham1973

    AVCO - Jupiter Entry Probe (1971)

    1971 design for a Jupiter Entry Probe designed to sample the atmosphere of Jupiter down to a level equivalent to 17 times the atmospheric pressure of Earth. The proposed carrier vehicles were, TOPS, which would had the medium gain antenna from the baseline design replaced with one that could...
  12. Graham1973

    Jovian Turbopause Probe

    I've seen references to Jupiter drop probes dating back to the mid 1960's, but this upper atmosphere probe dating from the early 1970's is the earliest detailed design I know of, to quote the abstract: 1. The Jovian turbopause probe. Part 1 - The scientific requirements for the Jovian...
  13. hesham

    NASA Oblique-Wing Missiles Launcher Aircraft

    From "A Summary Of A Half-Century of Oblique Wing Research" by Mike Hirschberg, David M. Hart and Thomas J. Beutner
    • hesham
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    • 1970s albm cold war nasa nasa ames research center space and missile systems organization (usaf) strategic air command united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  14. Hanse

    Candidate Space Shuttle Orbiters Wind Tunnel Studies 1969 NASA Langley Research

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBI1-lS7rmU "This December 1969 film looks at the candidate space shuttle orbiters using M=20 electron beam flow studies. This gives an interesting look at some of the proposed designs. The only tunnels at NASA Langley Research Center reaching that speed are in...
    • Hanse
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    • cold war nasa nasa langley research center space age space race space shuttle space transportation system
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  15. C

    Skylab B and Advanced Skylab for the Shuttle.

    Advanced Skylab. A great occasion lost. :'( A large space station for the Shuttle, straightway.
    • carmelo
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    • apollo applications program cold war nasa orbital stations space age space race space station space transportation system
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. hesham

    Grumman OV-1 Projects

    Hi, here is from the airvectors site,an unknown projects to the Grumman OV-1; Does any one know them ?. http://www.airvectors.net/avmohawk.html
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  17. Grey Havoc

    Bell SRLD (Rocket Belt) and LMSM (Jet Belt and other concepts including POGO)

    SRLD development: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/253783.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/267358.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/409941.pdf Light Mobility System Missions: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA415545&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
    • Grey Havoc
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    • bell aerosystems company cold war light mobility system nasa space race united states united states army united states marine corps
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  18. Grey Havoc

    Voyager 1 has exited the Solar System?

    http://www.space.com/20313-voyager-1-leaves-solar-system.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9944080/Voyager-1-becomes-first-man-made-object-to-leave-the-Solar-System.html Voyager I passing the rings of Saturn (Daily Telegraph)
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war deep space probes jet propulsion laboratory nasa post-cold war space age space race
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. Grey Havoc

    Nasa Next Generation Space-Based Relay Communication And Navigation...

    Architecture. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/nasa-wants-options-space-internet https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f4b917baa5031642eda81a268331add4&tab=core&_cview=0 Extract from RFI:
  20. Grey Havoc

    Some good news regarding NASA RTGs

    Via Slashdot: http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-plutonium-production-space-fuel-130314.htm
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