As said in the tin. I've worked on this huge thing since February 2008 when I joined, first, NASAspaceflight.com and AH.com.
Took me a decade and 2019 to get a stronger focus and backstory.
Now the POD is clearer.
In August 1967 at a crucial juncture in NASA history the last Lunar Orbiter...
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56412867
Once again, yet another great gone.
Rest In Peace
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In an alternate world where the USA avoided the trauma of Vietnam and LBJ won a second term the Apollo moon and earth orbit programmes continued into the 70s as originally planned.
Assuming that a similarly pro Apollo President had succeeded Johnson in 1973 and the US economy continued to...
Source: Norman Friedman's Seapower and Space p365-366.
AST.9003 envisaged satellites orbiting at 200 miles in 97 degree (sun-synchronous) orbits carrying two cameras with television readout, and an ELINT Antenna.
Resolution of the cameras would be 25 and 5 yards with swath widths of 45 and 7...
Back in the 1960s Boeing was telling everyone that its Supersonic 2707 transport would be the must-have airliner for the 1970s.
Some 26 airlines took out options on the plane.
There is a comprehensive thread about the US designs on this site, but no illustrations of the artwork Boeing must have...
1960s
1970s
aer lingus
airliner
boeing
civil aviation
cold war
éire
jet age
republic of ireland
spaceage
sst
supersonic
supersonic transport
western europe
Came across this while researching something totally different. This project was first proposed by Dr. Frank Malina (one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory) in late 1960 as an ideal candidate for the first activity of the just formed Academy of Astronautics (now known as the...
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
spaceagespace race
space shuttle
space transportation system
spy sat
strategic reconnaissance
united states air force
apollo lunar module
apollo program
cislunar navigation
cold war
early 2020s
early 21st century
late 1960s
late 20th century
lunar excursion module
lunar module (apollo)
moon
nasa
spaceagespace race
united states
I'm working on a CAD model of the Rockwell "Star Raker" winged gigantic SSTO concept. I'm doing this to create accurate and consistent diagrams for the next issue of US Launch Vehicle Projects, but I'm also looking at using the CAD model and 3D printing to create a 1/288 scale model kit through...
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
spaceagespace race
the martin company
united states
united states navy naval research laboratory
During 1960s the French build and tested a Hovercraft Train concept called Aerotrain
About concept in english
French videos about Aerotrain
Battle Aerotrain vs TVG (in french)
Good Day All -
Some non aircraft/missile drawings from the Vought Archives of a proposed TACV - Track Air Cushion Vehicle. Apparently there as a model similar to this design shown at Transpo '72.
An article on the similar (but built) Rohr TACV is at...
aerospace industry
air force cross (great britain)
british aerospace plc
central flying school
etps
great britain
hawker aircraft limited
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
jet age
most excellent order of the british empire
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
sea harrier
spaceage
test pilots
v/stol aircraft
vtol
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