space age

  1. Grey Havoc

    Soviet Space Elevator (1970)

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/p2mhzo/a_soviet_space_elevator_tekhnika_molodezhi_1970/
  2. Grey Havoc

    Biak Launch Center (Late '70s, 1980s)

    According to Wikipedia there was an attempt to revive the project in the late 2000s (from 2006 onwards, and possibly into the early 2010s) in co-operation with the Russians. Initially at least this version of the plan included an air launch element. It appears to have been at this time when the...
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    • 1980 1980s 20th century 21st century aeronautical and space agency biak space port cold war indonesia lapan national institute of aeronautics and space orde baru republic of indonesia space age space race
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  3. A

    Dark Moon Rising: Archibald space TL

    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...
  4. Grey Havoc

    Cosmos 954

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN7ifFam1Fk View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lR-KyObLt0 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDPFs6j3U0
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    • 1972 space liability convention canada cold war kosmos 954 late 1970s operation morning light rorsat soviet union space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. Grey Havoc

    RIP Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56412867 Once again, yet another great gone. Rest In Peace :( View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkkPzJzMPY View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIbIiFRpL5Y View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpBIUb1AQG8 View...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • alien cold war homicide: life on the street james bond live and let die popular culture science fiction space age
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. uk 75

    Apollo Lunar Programme continued

    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...
  7. P

    1963 Grumman LEM

  8. J

    TWA Moonliner

    TWA Moonliner
  9. G

    RIP 007

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    • actor cold war espionage great britain movie star popular culture post-cold war space age
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  10. A

    "Astronautics & Aeronautics" AIAA journal ?

    As said in the tin. On google books I've find tantalizing glimpses of a (terrific) technical paper, title "Mission to the libration centers" The exact reference is as follow Ok so my research tells me, the freakkin' thing should be available at the AIAA Magasine archive, right here...
    • Archibald
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    • cold war nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  11. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Air Staff Target 9003 Photo-Reconaissance Satellite (Early 1960s)

    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...
  12. nivek626

    X-15 ejection seat

    I need help I have been unable to find any pictures of the rear view of the X-15 ejection seat cane anyone help with this? thanks
  13. G

    A novel...from 1969

    Thought I would post about this book I had just read. Its title is "Autopsy for a Cosmonaut" by Jacob Hay and John M. Keshishian, MD. Published by Little, Brown and Company, NYC. Published in Feb. 1969. It's basically a story about a Soviet manned space shot that ended badly for its...
  14. uk 75

    Ireland's SST that never was

    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...
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    • 1960s 1970s aer lingus airliner boeing civil aviation cold war éire jet age republic of ireland space age sst supersonic supersonic transport western europe
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  15. Flyaway

    The Black Arrow & Britain’s Rocket Program

    Another of Scott Manley’s historical documentary videos:
  16. Grey Havoc

    Lunar International Laboratory (1960s)

    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...
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    • 1960s 1964 1974 academy of astronautics cold war international astronautical federation lunar dome lunar robots manned robotics space age unmanned
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  17. Graham1973

    The Apollo AGC Restoration Project

    A video series covering the effort to restore a surviving Apollo LEM AGC (Believed to be the one used in the LTA-8 prototype LEM) in time for it to be used to simulate the Apollo 11 landing on the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing. Episode 15 is of especial note as it features a piece...
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    • aerospace apollo program computer architecture computing space age space race
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    • Forum: The Bar
  18. Flyaway

    Top Secret DAMON: the classified reconnaissance payload planned for the fourth space shuttle mission

    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...
    • Flyaway
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    • 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
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  19. Flyaway

    Snoopy lunar module from 1969 Apollo 10 mission may have been found

    https://news.sky.com/story/snoopy-lunar-module-from-1969-apollo-10-mission-may-have-been-found-11738299
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    • 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 space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. C

    New information Vought's project MALLAR and Apollo missions

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