space age

  1. Triton

    LM-B/Space Tug

    Does anyone know any details concerning the Grumman Lunar Module-B/Space Tug that was part of the Integrated Man Space Flight Program? I have found information that says its diameter was 22 feet and other information that says it was 15 feet. Did earlier concepts of the space shuttle have a...
    • Triton
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    • apollo applications program cold war lunar nasa nuclear rockets space age space race space transportation system united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  2. Triton

    Orbital Hyper Velocity Gun (HVG) - Rail Gun

    During the Strategic Defense Initiative days of the mid 1980s, one of the weapons technologies that was discussed was a Hyper Velocity Gun (HVG) placed in orbit to fire at inbound ICBMs and MIRVs. Artist's conception (top) of USAF space-based hypervelocity launcher aka railgun, among kinetic...
    • Triton
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    • 1980s ballistic missile defense cold war space age space race space weapons strategic defense initiative united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  3. XP67_Moonbat

    XB-70: Use As A First-Stage

    Some time ago, one of the threads on here delved into the topic of the XB-70 used as a recoverable booster (a.k.a.-the RBSS) On that thread a link provides has an image of the XB-70 RBSS: http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/Prototype/USAF-PB1.htm So a few weeks ago I see Valkyrie, by Dennis...
    • XP67_Moonbat
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    • aerospace defense command air defense command cold war space age space race strategic air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. Michel Van

    Space Suit Prototypes (like Grumman Moon Suit, Republic etc)

    here some of crazy space suits ever build the "Tincan" Moon suit by Grumman in year 1959 Hard shell suit with flexible arms and Legs Note no Live support system in Suit but a Umbilical supply with electric power and oxygen ! ! ! bigger size pic (from the Mohave desert test)...
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war space age space race
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. shadowcat48li

    Project Orion / Project Daedalus

    I am looking for information on Project Orion/Daedalus[British name for roughly the same thing] this was an early nuclear powered spacecraft that used focused nuclear explosions for thrust.
    • shadowcat48li
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    • air defense command british interplanetary society cold war deep space probes general atomics great britain nasa nuclear battlefield nuclear rockets space age space race space weapons strategic air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. Michel Van

    USA military lunar outpost: Project Horizon, LUNEX ...

    here some Link and PDF about USA military outpost on Moon Project Horizon (ABMA now MSFC at NASA) http://www.astronautix.com/data/horizon.pdf size 1.3 MB http://www.astronautix.com/craft/hortpost.htm http://www.astronautix.com/articles/propter1.htm...
  7. Jemiba

    Blue Streak based satellite transport system

    In 1959 G.K.C.Pardoe, Chief Coordinator/balistic missiles at DeHavilland Propellers Ltd. made several proposals to use the Blue Streak as the basis for a sattelite transport system. - The first shown would combine the Blue Streak with a solid propellant second stage, where the payload would have...
    • Jemiba
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    • british commonwealth cold war communications satellite european launcher development organisation great britain icbm reconnaissance satellite royal air force space age space race spy sat strategic reconnaissance western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. M

    Sänger antipodal bomber

    Hi everybody Here the Sänger antipodal bomber http://www.luft46.com/misc/sanger.html I am searching for details of the armament ! Are there any projects ? Many Thanks for all replies in advance
    • moin1900
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    • amerika bomber cold war luftwaffe space age space race third reich west germany world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. hesham

    Werner von Braun's "Marsprojekt" ("Exploration Of Mars")

    Hi, I can't consider this project in a book as a project,so I ask about it here in Aerospace section,in Flightglobal a group of books from 1950s, one book called; The Exploration of Mars,I can't identify the project on it,can anybody that ...
  10. Michel Van

    Douglas ROMBUS

    Philip Bono master piece "Reusable Orbital Module-Booster & Utility Shuttle"from 1964 http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rombus.htm is SSTO (VTOVL) with payload 450 tons in 185 km Orbit. with a plug nozzle rocket engine design, used also as heat shield during atmospheric reentry. most of LH2 fuel...
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war deep space probes douglas aircraft company douglas aircraft company missile & space division heavy lift vehicle mars moon moonbase nasa single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. flateric

    Bell Textron Air Cushion Landing System (ACLS) for space vehicles

    A study of air cushion landing systems for space shuttle vehicles Ryken, J. M. NASA (non Center Specific) Publication Date: Dec 1, 1970 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19710003622 direct pdf link
    • flateric
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    • 1970s bell textron cold war nasa space age space race space transportation system united states
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  12. airrocket

    X-15 ?

    Aside from this single artistic rendering I have not seen any other documentation of this X-15 design concept. Was this merely a single artistic exercise or were there actually design studies, drawings, plans etc... to back it up?
  13. B

    British Manned Spacecraft

    So the first one is the Armstrong-Whitworth design but whose are the other two?
  14. B

    Sea Launch Concepts

    From Missiles And Rockets 9th January 1961.
    • Barrington Bond
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    • cccp cold war cold war ii commonwealth of independent states early 21st century great britain late 20th century nasa north atlantic treaty organisation people's republic of china post-cold war russian federation soviet union soyuzmorniiproekt space age space race strategic defense initiative ukraine united states ussr
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  15. B

    Space Station Concepts

    For all those one off types...
    • Barrington Bond
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    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war space age space race space station
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. Michel Van

    To The Moon with .... the Space Shuttle ?!

    sounds insane, more like cheap "Sci-Fi" TV Movies of Germans Networks but like History shows, some one proposed that To NASA ! Cislunar Application of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Project V1086, J. E. Blahnik; undated (post-July 1971) attachment to memorandum from Director, Science and...
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war moon nasa nuclear rockets space age space race space shuttle space transportation system united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  17. Skybolt

    By solids to the Moon: all-solid JPL Nova proposal

    Just after President Kennedy May 1961 call for a lunar landing before the end of the decade, there was a lot of proposals for boosters capable to take a manned lander to the Moon: ever growing Saturns, and Novas built with the most diverse combination of stages, liquid, solid and nuclear. One of...
    • Skybolt
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    • apollo program cold war jet propulsion laboratory nasa space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  18. hesham

    Delta-Wing X-15

    Hi, here is the North American delta-wing X-15 research aircraft project. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1966/1966%20-%201382.html
  19. hesham

    Douglas Astro delta-wing spacecraft

    Hi, the Douglas Astro was delta-wing vehicle and spacecraft,it was combined aircraft and rocketry concepts. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1963/1963%20-%201667.pdf
    • hesham
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    • air defense command astronomical art cold war douglas aircraft company douglas aircraft company missile & space division douglas missile & space division missiles and space systems division (douglas) nasa nuclear rockets space age space art space race united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  20. uk 75

    Boeing 2707 SST airline artwork wanted

    Over many years I have gathered together brochures and artwork (cards ads etc) for the Boeing SST So far I have artwork for the following: Airlift (photo of broken model from ebay) Alitalia (drawing in brochure) Braniff (image from Internet site) Continental (photo of model in brochure-meatball...
    • uk 75
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    • airliner alternate history boeing civil aviation cold war jet age space age sst supersonic supersonic transport united states what-if
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
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