fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (orig. 1959 Norair/Northrop corp. PR photo)
“MOON TRAINER MISSION -- This diagram shows how a simulated moon landing could be conducted above the earth’s atmosphere. The concept was described today (June 16) in Los Angeles at the summer meeting of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences by Norman V. Petersen, astronautical scientist in the Norair Division of Northrop Corporation. Manned trainer capsule is boosted aloft by a rocket, turns over to face backward, then releases a braking blast to slow itself into an earthward turn. The rocket brakes the capsule to a full stop in simulation of a moon landing. The capsule then re-enters the earth’s atmosphere and completes the descent by parachute. A ground-based station beams a motion picture of moon terrain, coupled with the capsule’s guidance system to give the pilot an actual impression of steering his vehicle to a moon landing.”
Incorporated into, and featured ‘story’ of a Norair/Northrop ad in the 2 October 1959 issue of SCIENCE magazine, at:
science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/130/3379/local/front-m...
Credit: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/Science Magazine online website
Who knew?
Did you?!
I didn't!!!
fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (orig. 1959 Norair/Northrop corp. PR photo)
“MOON TRAINER MISSION -- This diagram shows how a simulated moon landing could be conducted above the earth’s atmosphere. The concept was described today (June 16) in Los Angeles at the summer meeting of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences by Norman V. Petersen, astronautical scientist in the Norair Division of Northrop Corporation. Manned trainer capsule is boosted aloft by a rocket, turns over to face backward, then releases a braking blast to slow itself into an earthward turn. The rocket brakes the capsule to a full stop in simulation of a moon landing. The capsule then re-enters the earth’s atmosphere and completes the descent by parachute. A ground-based station beams a motion picture of moon terrain, coupled with the capsule’s guidance system to give the pilot an actual impression of steering his vehicle to a moon landing.”
Incorporated into, and featured ‘story’ of a Norair/Northrop ad in the 2 October 1959 issue of SCIENCE magazine, at:
science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/130/3379/local/front-m...
Credit: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/Science Magazine online website
Who knew?
Did you?!
I didn't!!!