a_v_c_o_AKP (unnumbered, 108-KSC-70P-69 eq, 69-H-1742 eq, 69-HC-1134 eq)
The Apollo spacecraft that carried three men to the moon is expanded to a four-man cargo craft for use until the space station/shuttle becomes operational, in this concept by North American Rockwell's Space Division, Downey, Calif. The Command/Service Module would require minor modifications and could serve the space program as a space tug/cargo module, for long duration Earth or lunar missions.
NAR, 1969: Donald Bester? Henry Lozano? Manuel E. Alvarez?
I've kept my previous guess of what this was depicting (below), in order to still have the links:
Possible depiction of NAA's proposed "Lunar Orbit Rescue" CSM, ca. 1965?
If so, see the following for interesting reading regarding the proposal:
www.wired.com/2012/06/apollo-lunar-orbit-rescue-1965/
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/10/failure-was-optio...
a_v_c_o_AKP (unnumbered, 108-KSC-70P-69 eq, 69-H-1742 eq, 69-HC-1134 eq)
The Apollo spacecraft that carried three men to the moon is expanded to a four-man cargo craft for use until the space station/shuttle becomes operational, in this concept by North American Rockwell's Space Division, Downey, Calif. The Command/Service Module would require minor modifications and could serve the space program as a space tug/cargo module, for long duration Earth or lunar missions.
NAR, 1969: Donald Bester? Henry Lozano? Manuel E. Alvarez?
I've kept my previous guess of what this was depicting (below), in order to still have the links:
Possible depiction of NAA's proposed "Lunar Orbit Rescue" CSM, ca. 1965?
If so, see the following for interesting reading regarding the proposal:
www.wired.com/2012/06/apollo-lunar-orbit-rescue-1965/
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/10/failure-was-optio...