MORL_v_bw_o_n ( Boeing photo no. P46070, ca. 1966)
Boeing Manned Orbital Research Laboratory (MORL) proposal, circa 1966. Possibly earlier? Note what appears to be a possibly manned? space telescope in the background to the left, with with some sort of modular/'partial'/logistics(?) Command/Service Module docked to it. And the...whatever it is...to the right. A truss-like assembly destined to become part of the foreground MORL? A satellite? It does have a Ranger/early Mariner/ERTS/Landsat sort of appearance. Also, what looks like a satellite docked to the end of the MORL, almost like the early OAO, along with another Apollo-type logistics? module. Finally, note also the two Gemini space suit (G4C) attired astronauts conducting untethered EVAs.
The date SWAG is based solely on the 'contemporary' & similar appearance of the following, with it's confirmed date:
archive.org/download/S66-17592/S66-17592.jpg
Credit: Internet Archive website
Last, but certainly not least, the artist is Ted Brown. Fortunately, another rare WIN!!! Thanks to Angela Carole Brown, Mr. Brown’s daughter, at:
www.angelacarolebrown.com/images/TedBrownObituary.pdf
See also:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/002211.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
thedisneyblog.com/2012/06/21/ksc-tour-now-has-rare-access...
Credit: The Disney Blog website
With sincerest gratitude Mr. Brown, RIP.
MORL_v_bw_o_n ( Boeing photo no. P46070, ca. 1966)
Boeing Manned Orbital Research Laboratory (MORL) proposal, circa 1966. Possibly earlier? Note what appears to be a possibly manned? space telescope in the background to the left, with with some sort of modular/'partial'/logistics(?) Command/Service Module docked to it. And the...whatever it is...to the right. A truss-like assembly destined to become part of the foreground MORL? A satellite? It does have a Ranger/early Mariner/ERTS/Landsat sort of appearance. Also, what looks like a satellite docked to the end of the MORL, almost like the early OAO, along with another Apollo-type logistics? module. Finally, note also the two Gemini space suit (G4C) attired astronauts conducting untethered EVAs.
The date SWAG is based solely on the 'contemporary' & similar appearance of the following, with it's confirmed date:
archive.org/download/S66-17592/S66-17592.jpg
Credit: Internet Archive website
Last, but certainly not least, the artist is Ted Brown. Fortunately, another rare WIN!!! Thanks to Angela Carole Brown, Mr. Brown’s daughter, at:
www.angelacarolebrown.com/images/TedBrownObituary.pdf
See also:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/002211.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
thedisneyblog.com/2012/06/21/ksc-tour-now-has-rare-access...
Credit: The Disney Blog website
With sincerest gratitude Mr. Brown, RIP.