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A4 to A9
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On the left, the OKB-1 Aelita Mars spacecraft that would be launched into near-Earth orbit using the N1M launch vehicle.
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Aelita - MPK
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The OKB-1 Aelita Mars spacecraft would be launched into near-Earth orbit using the N1M launch vehicle. The proposed Mars Expeditionary Complex (MEK) included this Mars Landing Craft (MPK) for landing on the Martian surface.
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Evolution of the Apollo Design, from the Contractor Studies through the Direct Landing, and finally Lunar Orbit Rendezous Versions
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BIS Lunar Lander design of 1938
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CEV's Compared
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China Lunar LV's
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From left to right, existing Chinese manned program vehicles (CZ-2F and CZ-2E(A)) and proposed future vehicles (Type A, and Type C).
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Chinese Lunar Lander
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Conceptual Chinese lunar lander.
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Chinese Manned LVs
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Chinese Launch Vehicles for manned spacecraft. From left, Tsien Spaceplane, 1948; CZ-2/Shuguang, 1972; CZ-2/FSW-derived capsule, 1974; CZ-2 Spaceplane Launcher, ca 1977; 1988: H-2 HTOHL; V-2 VTOHL; Chang Cheng 1; Tian Jiao 1; Project 921, 1992; CZ-2EA; CZ-2F; CZ-5.
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Chinese astronauts with lunar rover plant the flag of the People's Republic of China's flag on the lunar surface - model at the Chinese Pavilion, Hannover Expo 2000.
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Chinese astronauts with lunar rover plant the flag of the People's Republic of China's flag on the lunar surface - model at the Chinese Pavilion, Hannover Expo 2000.
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Chinese astronauts with lunar rover plant the flag of the People's Republic of China's flag on the lunar surface - model at the Chinese Pavilion, Hannover Expo 2000.
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Chinese shuttle craft - model at the Chinese Pavilion, Hannover Expo 2000.The model indicates a spaceplane similar to the cancelled European Hermes.
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Chinese Space Lab
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Chinese Station
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Chinese space station - model at the Chinese Pavilion, Hannover Expo 2000.The model indicates a modest station consisting of 2.2 m diameter modules, stretched versions of the orbital module of the Shenzhou.
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Chinese space station - model at the Chinese Pavilion, Hannover Expo 2000.The model also shows docked supply and propulsion (solid?) modules.
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Chinese Station
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Chinese space station as displayed at Hannover
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DRM 1 Vehicles
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NASA Design Reference Mission 1 Mars Mission Vehicles
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DS-MO satellite
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DS-MO satellite (Cosmos 149)
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DSE-Alpha
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Circumlunar Soyuz-Block DM Tourism Spacecraft
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FSW-1
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FSW-1 and FSW-2 Chinese recoverable spacecraft
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Geminis Compared
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Comparison of Gemini spacecraft. From left to right, top to bottom: Mercury Mark II; Mercury Pecan with Vega; Direct Lunar Landing with Saturn C-3 launched Mercury Mark II; Gemini/Agena (as flown); Gemini/Centaur circumlunar spacecraft; Gemini-Agena and Gemini-Centaur lunar orbiters; Manned Orbiting Laboratory/Gemini-B; Gemini-Transtage; Big Gemini
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German Rocketry
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German Liquid Propellant Rockets of the 1930's
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GIRD-X rocket
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GIRD
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GIRD-07 rocket
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Horizon LERV
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Lunar landing and return vehicle, 1959
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Horizon Lunar Outpos
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Horizon Lunar Outpost - the US Army on the Moon, 1959
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Integrated Manned Interplanetary Spacecraft, Boeing design for a Mars expedition using NERVA nuclear stages, 1968
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IMIS 1968
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Integrated Manned Interplanetary Spacecraft, Boeing design for a Mars expedition using NERVA nuclear stages, 1968, cutaway diagram
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Istrebitel Sputnik
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IS-A Antisatellite satellite. As far as is known, follow-on models and the R-36-launched targets had a similar appearance.
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Kaputsin Yar
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Map of Kaputsin Yar cosmodrome.
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LASS
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Apollo LM Adapter Surface Station lunar shelter concept. The Apollo Service Module would act as a lunar crasher stage to brake the spacecraft into lunar orbit, then part of the way from lunar orbit to the surface. The LM descent stage would land the shelter on the lunar surface. The crew would arrive seperately in an Apollo LM Taxi sent by a second Saturn V launch.
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LM Evolution
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LM Evolution. From left: July 1962, LOR decision, 220 inch Saturn IVB; November 1962, Grumman contract award, 260-inch S-IVB; 1963; 1967; as flown.
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Luna Ye-8
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MAI Lab 601 Overview
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MAI, March 1994
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Mars 1946
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Von Braun's enormous 1946 expedition approaches Mars. The three winged landing boats are accompanied by seven cargo/passenger ships.
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Mars Expeditions
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Leading manned Mars Expedition designs to a common scale (the orange bar represents 100 m). Upper left: Von Braun, 1948-1956; top middle, NASA EMPIRE, UMPIRE; Stuhlinger 1962; Bono Deimos; middle, NASA TRW, MPRG, IMIS, 1965-1971; upper right, STCAEM, SAIC, Design Reference Missions, 1983-2001; bottom rows, Russian designs, 1956 to 1986; below orange bars, Russian and American solar-electric designs.
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Mars Train
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Elements of Mars Train and Zvezda Lunar Base Support Craft. From left: two LK landers; Marsokhod with manipulator arms; Mars Train with reactor, ascent stage, and forward living module; another Marsokhod with manipulator arms.
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Mavr Mars Spacecraft
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A model of the Mars flyby spacecraft 'Mavr' at the Tsniimash museum. Mavr was a revision of the TMK in the mid-1960's to incorporate a flyby of Venus on the return leg of the voyage. This would reduce propulsion requirements and total time for the primary Mars flyby mission.
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Mars Excursion Module Mission Profile. From right to left: separation from Mission Module in Mars orbit; retrofire; separation of retropack; entry into the Martian atmosphere; ballute deployment; heat shield jettison and landing gear deploy; soft landing; ascent stage launch; ascent stage
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Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Final Design
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New Shepard
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Left, subscale Goddard testbed; right, concept of final vehicle based on overall dimensions reported.
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R-56 test model
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R-56 dynamic test model
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RD-0410 NTP Engine
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RD-0410 Nuclear Thermal Engine
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Saenger Bomber
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Saenger Antipodal bomber designs
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Salyut 4
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Salyut 4 space station at RKK Energia Museum
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Salyut and MK-700
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Salyut and MK-700 models
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Shenzhou
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Shenzhou with ELINT booms deployed.
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Shuguang 1
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Cutaway view of Shuguang 1, based on a Chinese drawing.
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Shuttle Evolution
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Improvements suggested to the shuttle derived from the design as flown.
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Soviet Lunar Landers
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Landing stages for Soviet lunar expeditions. Top row, left to right: L3 original version; LK; LK-3; LK-700; two versions of the L3M; LEK for Energia-launched lunar landing. Bottom row, lunar base elements: Chelomei KLE; Chelomei Heavy Lunokhod; Barmin DLB base module; LZM, LZhM, Lunokhod, and LEK for Glushko LEK Vulkan-launched lunar base.
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STCAEM Variants
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Variant Mars spacecraft. Top, solar electric (side view; it had enormous solar panels); bottom, left to right, nuclear electric, nuclear thermal, and chemical propulsion variants.
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Stuhlinger Mars 1957
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Stuhlinger's proposed fleet of nuclear-electric manned spacecraft approach Mars.
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Tsiolkovsky rocket
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Tsiolkovsky's manned rocket design
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Tsiolkovsky ship
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Detail of crew levels of Tsiolkovsky's manned rocket design
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V5V rocket
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Dynamic test model of V5V sounding rocket
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Von Braun Mars 1956
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Scaled-down version of von Braun Mars expedition as proposed in 1956.
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Von Braun Mars Exped
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Comparison of the Cargo and Passenger Ships of the 1948/1952 version (top) and 1956 version (bottom) of Von Braun's Mars Expeditions
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Vostok Kaluga Museum
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Vostok
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Vostok launch vehicle at Kaluga
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Voyager 1973
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Voyager spacecraft. Top, cross section. Center, outer view. Bottom, exploded view of modules.
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