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  1. 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
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  2. 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
    • Flyaway
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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
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. C

    New information Vought's project MALLAR and Apollo missions

  4. Orionblamblam

    Who wants a Star Raker?

    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...
    • Orionblamblam
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    • model space age space race ssto united states
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: The Bar
  5. Flyaway

    Vanguard 1

    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...
    • Flyaway
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    • 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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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. Michel Van

    French Aerotrain

    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)
    • Michel Van
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    • aerotrains cold war france french fifth republic hover train hovertrain space age
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. M

    Vought Track Air Cushion Vehicle

    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...
    • Mark Nankivil
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    • 1970s aerotrains cold war hover train space age united states vought
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    • Forum: The Bar
  8. S

    RIP John Farley

    Sad news, John Farley has passed away. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/obituary-john-farley-the-harriers-champion-449661/
    • SteveO
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    • 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 space age test pilots v/stol aircraft vtol
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  9. N

    Martin Marietta orbit-to-orbit spacecraft (1968)

    This is an orbit-to-orbit design spacecraft from the Martin Marietta corporation. I found it in a book Man's Conquest of Space by the National Geographic Society (1968). Now you know as much as I do. Does anybody know if this was an actual study or just something slapped together by the MM...
    • nyrath
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    • martin martin marietta corporation nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. Flyaway

    Black Ops And The Shuttle

    http://thespacereview.com/article/3390/1 Black ops and the shuttle (part 3-1): Recovering spent HEXAGON reconnaissance satellites with the space shuttle by Dwayne A. Day Monday, December 11, 2017
    • Flyaway
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    • 1980s cold war national reconnaissance office space age space race space shuttle space transportation system space weapons spy sat strategic defense initiative strategic reconnaissance united states air force
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. Flyaway

    Public Release of SIGINT Phase II Records

    More on link below including the declassified documents themselves. http://www.nro.gov/foia/declass/SIGINT_PhaseII.html
    • Flyaway
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    • central intelligence agency cold war electronic warfare lockheed national reconnaissance office national security agency photographic reconnaissance post-world war ii rand corporation signals intelligence space age space race spy sat strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. uk 75

    Fireflash airliner from original TV Thunderbirds TV 21 artwork

    The Thunderbirds series from the 1960s featured in its first episode a wonderful airliner called Fireflash, which was totally improbable but looked very cool. In the series it crops up in a few episodes in the livery of "Air Terrainean", a sort of mixture of Pan American and BOAC. However, in...
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    • 1960s airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war great britain jet age nuclear powered aircraft popular culture science fiction space age supersonic supersonic transport tv series
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    • Forum: The Bar
  13. Graham1973

    Ever wondered where those plastic spacemen on your birthday cake came from...?

    Just found an interesting time-waster of a site devoted to plastic spacemen toys, specifically the ones sold by Tri-ang in the early 70s under the SpaceX (UK) and Golden Astronaut (US) line http://www.triangspacextoys.info/index.html But where it gets really interesting is that at least one...
    • Graham1973
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    • cold war model popular culture space age space race
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Flyaway

    Black ZEUS: The top secret shuttle mission that never flew

    Rest on the link. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3160/1
    • Flyaway
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    • 1980s cold war late 1970s nasa national reconnaissance office space age space race space shuttle space transportation system spy sat strategic reconnaissance united states air force
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  15. C

    Original US space program without the moon goal.

    Immagine that Richard Nixon instead of JFK was elected President of United States in November 1960,and that Alan Shepard was the first man in space (but not in orbit) in Febraury 1961. Two events that could happen. In this scenario,if President Nixon not consider necessary a manned mission on...
    • carmelo
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    • 1960s aerospace defense command air defense command alternate history nasa space age space race space station strategic air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  16. Graham1973

    Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite (SEOS) - 1973

    Early 1970s design for a Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite (SEOS) that bears a surprising resemblance to Hubble, it just points in the other direction. The intention was to provide improved coverage of mesoscale weather phenomena like tornadoes, ground fogs, clear air turbulence and other...
    • Graham1973
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    • cold war early 1970s earth observation environmental research institute of michigan nasa nasa goddard space flight center space age space race
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  17. R

    Fictional Aircraft from TV and Movies

    This is a suggestion to the administrator. How about a thread or threads of fictional TV and movie spacecraft and aircraft?
  18. C

    Unknown Martin Spacecraft Concept

    I tried to figure out the appropriate topic to post this, but it crossed over a couple topics. I found this interesting Martin factory model from the estate of a Martin engineer located in Denver CO. The base is meant for a SV-5 model, but it fit. I picked up 5 other models, all were Martin...
    • CAIR67
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    • hypersonic martin marietta corporation nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  19. Mike Pryce

    Joe Sutter - Father of 747 - RIP

    Sad news: http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/joe-sutter-father-747-dies-95 I was just watching him in this BBC documentary a few days ago: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03wtnfv/jumbo-the-plane-that-changed-the-world A great loss - the designer of an iconic aircraft.
    • Mike Pryce
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    • aerospace industry aviation boeing civil aviation cold war jet age space age united states
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  20. V

    Ehricke Space Lifeboat model

    Hi, here is my card model by Arnold Ehricke dubbed "Space Lifeboat" http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Space-Lifeboat.html Mayby for some one it will be interesting! P.S. many thanks for Justo Miranda! http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3531.0
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