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Short Description
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GE Apollo over Moon
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The GE Apollo as it would appear on its circumlunar mission, with its protective shroud and solar power collector deployed.
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GE Apollo over Moon
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Mercury Proposals
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Before Mercury, the US Air Force had a project 'Man in Space Soonest'. This chart summarizes the initial contractor proposals.
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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Mercury Proposals
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GE Apollo Cutaway
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Cutaway view of GE Apollo D-2 Proposal
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GE Apollo Cutaway
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L1 Complex 1961
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The earliest Sever project tackled such problems as manoeuvring in orbit, rendezvous and docking, use of manipulators to move station modules, and testing of lifting re-entry vehicles. Sever (left) was 50% larger than Soyuz, which replaced it by late 1961 in OKB-1 studies. The Vostok-Zh manoeuvrable Vostok spacecraft (right) would be used as a manned tug to assemble the stages in low earth orbit.
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L1 Complex 1961
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Soyuz A
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Original Soyuz A manned spacecraft design as approved in 1963. The Soyuz 7K-LOK that would fly three years later was very similar, except the forward living module was changed from cylindrical to spherical in shape.
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Soyuz A
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GE Apollo vs Soyuz
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Comparison of GE Apollo and Soyuz LOK lunar orbiter spacecraft.
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GE Apollo vs Soyuz
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GE Apollo vs Soyuz
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Comparison of GE Apollo and Soyuz re-entry vehicles.
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GE Apollo vs Soyuz
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