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RG-342-B 1957, Wright Field, centrifugre, XMC-2 pressure suitNARA RG-342-B 1957, Wright Field, centrifugre, XMC-2 pressure suithttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/thefinaldeltawingdesignspentaconsiderableamountoftimeinthenasalangleywindtunnelbeforetheprogramwascancelled-nasa.jpgNASA LaRC Terry Panopalis CollectionNASA LaRC Terry Panopalis Collectionhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/nasatestpilotneilarmstrongsuitingupbeforehisfirstx-15flightonnovember301960.jpgArmstrong suiting up for Flt 1-18-31 11/30/60 NASA DFRCArmstrong suiting up for Flt 1-18-31 11/30/60 NASA DFRChttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/nasa_color_dyna_soar.jpgNASA_Color_Dyna_Soarhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/joe_engle_x-15_pilot.jpgEngle with X-15A-2 12/2/65 NASA DFRCEngle with X-15A-2 12/2/65 NASA 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Convair MX-774 Hiroc missile [IMG: San Diego Air & Space Museum, Atlas Collection]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ehricke.pngehrickeKraft Eiricke during his time at Convair [IMG: San Diego Air & Space Museum, Atlas Collection]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dornberger.pngdornbergerWalter Dornberger (left, in hat) with von Braun during their handover to allied soldiers [IMG: Wikipedia via CC licence]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/brass_bell.pngbrass_bellhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bossart.pngbossarthttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bomi_bomber.pngbomi_bomberThe 1954-55 vintage 3rd stage BOMI bomber [IMG: Used courtesy of Fantastic Plastic]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bomi_bell_model.pngbomi_bell_modelhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bomi_3_stage.pngbomi_3_stageThe 1954-55 3-stage MX-2276 BOMI vehicle [IMG: Used 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vehicle, artist concept with callouts. 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size comparison of Truax's 1963 Sea Dragon design and the Saturn V (note the Apollo Command Module and escape Tower at the tip of the Sea Dragon) [IMG: via Wikipedia Creative Commons licence - modified]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/x-2_skycycle.pngX-2_SkycycleThe X-2 Skycycle created by Truax for Evel Knievel's Snake River jump [IMG: via Wikipedia Creative Commons Licence]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/seadragon.pngSeaDragonTraux's colossal Sea Dragon afloat pre-launch beside an Aircraft Carrier [IMG: Aerojet General]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/svsd-4.pngSVSD-4A size comparison of Truax's 1963 Sea Dragon design and the Saturn V (note the Apollo Command Module and escape Tower at the tip of the Sea Dragon) [IMG: via Wikipedia Creative Commons licence]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shuttle_comparison.pngshuttle_comparisonTruax's 1980's Excalibur design (centre) compared to his revised 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He holds a model rocket in his office. --- Image by Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIShttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/enterprise.pngenterpriseThe X-3 Enterprise reusable piloted sub-orbital rocket [IMG: Truax Engineering]2021-12-23T15:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/2015/11/11/a-cosmonaut-on-the-moon-korlevs-n-1l3-plan/https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cteuqtwuwaa3zkq-large.jpgCTEuqtwUwAA3zKq.jpg-largeN-1 Variants as flown (L to R) 7L (1972), 5L (1971), 4L (1969) and 3L (1969) [IMG: ©Nick Stevens]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/vladimir_chelomei.jpgVladimir_ChelomeiVladimir Chelomei, Designer of the UR-500 and UR-700 rockets [IMG: Wikipedia CC License]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/tli.pngTLIThe L3 complex during Trans Lunar Injection [IMG: ©Nick Stevens] https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-monumental-lk-3-lunar-lander-engineering-model-1969-in-the-cosmonauts-exhibition-c2a9-science-museum.jpgD153897The monumental LK-3 lunar lander (engineering model, 1969) in the Cosmonauts exhibition ©Science Museumhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/on_surface.pngon_surfaceThe LK and Cosmonaut safely on the Lunar Surface [IMG: ©Nick Stevens]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/n1_varients.jpgn1_varientshttps://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/n1_structure.pngn1_structureA general Plan of the N-1/L3 stack with detail of the L3 [IMG: ©Chris Petty]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/n1_stages.pngn1_stagesN-1 Engine layouts for (l-r) BLOK-A, BLOK-B, BLOK-V [IMG: ©Nick Stevens]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/n1_pad.jpgn1_padArtist's impression of the N-1/L3 on the pad at Baikonur [IMG: ©Nick Stevens]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/manned_moon_landers_lk_vs_lm_-_to_scale_drawing.pngManned_Moon_landers_LK_vs_LM_-_to_scale_drawingSize comparison of the LK and the Apollo Lunar Module [IMG: Wikipedia CC License]2021-12-23T15:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/2015/10/27/dream-chaser-dna-a-story-of-spaceplane-evolution/https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mig-105-11a.pngMiG-105-11aThe MiG 105.11 - Atmospheric Flight Test Vehicle for Spiral [IMG: Wikipedia CC licence]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hl20.pngHL20The HL-20 mock-up stands proudly at Langley research Center [IMG: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dream_chaser_pre-drop_tests-6.pngDream_Chaser_pre-drop_tests.6The SNC Dream Chaser Flight Test Article [IMG: Wikipedia CC licence]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bor4winu.pngbor4winuA Langley Model of the BOR-4 shape [IMG: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bor4p31.jpgbor4p31The BOR-4 during recovery from the Indian Ocean [IMG: Australian Air Force]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/311932main_ecn-2359_full.png311932main_ECN-2359_fullThe powered lifting bodies at Edwards AFB: (L to R) X-24A, M2-F3 and HL-102021-12-23T15:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/about/https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/me.pngme2021-12-23T15:39:07+00:00weekly0.6https://thehighfrontier.blog/2015/10/19/blue-shuttle-how-the-air-force-influenced-the-sts-design-process/https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/vandenberg.pngvandenbergEnterprise nestling amongst the hills at Vandenberg AFB [IMG: Air Force/TSGT James R. Pearson]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/space_shuttle_enterprise_stacked_at_vandenberg_slc-6_1.pngSpace_Shuttle_Enterprise_stacked_at_Vandenberg_SLC-6_(1)Enterprise in the California sunshine at Vandenberg AFB [IMG: Wikipedia CC]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/space_shuttle_concepts.jpgSpace_Shuttle_conceptsEarly Shuttle concepts [IMG: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/p219.gifp219https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/p208.jpgp208Max Faget's straight winged Shuttle concept [IMG: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/north_american_rockwell_p333.jpgNorth_American_Rockwell_P333An Early North American Rockwell concept, now with delta wings [IMG: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/df-st-86-00720-edit.pngDF-ST-86-00720-EDIT"Slick 6" - Vandenberg's SLC-6 complex [IMG: Air Force]2021-12-23T15:39:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/2015/10/06/the-x-33-nothing-ventured-nothing-gained/https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/x_33.pngx_33A rendering showing the X-33 in flight - as close as it ever got [Img: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/venturestar_orbit.pngVentureStar_orbitAn early rendering of the VentureStar releasing a payload on orbit [Img: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nasp.pngnaspRockwell International's concept for the X-30 NASP [Img: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/launch.pnglaunchThe completed X-33 launch site at Haystack Butte, Edwards AFB [Img: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/competitors.pngcompetitorsThe Phase I designs from (l to r) Rockwell International, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed Martin [Img: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/comparison.pngcomparisonA side by side comparison of initial designs for the X-33 and the VentureStar [Img: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/aerospike.pngaerospikeA Linear Aerospike engine undergoing testing [Img: NASA]2021-12-23T15:39:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/2015/09/22/how-the-race-was-won/https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/gagarin.jpggagarinGagarin travels to his date with destiny [Img: ITU picture under CC license]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/space-walk-100806-02.jpgspace-walk-100806-02Ed White's historic EVA on Gemini 4 [Img: NASA]https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/space_race.pngspace_race2021-12-23T15:39:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thehighfrontier.blog/2015/09/19/the-end-of-an-era/https://thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/edwards_afb_runway_5_on_rogers_dry_lake.jpgDF-ST-91-04984Now that's what you call a runway! 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