Theres quite a few of these and some of them use the artwork of the MEV and Booster Rocket from the Life Man in Space book. I'm almost certain I had one as a kid and its got the Molab in too, but cant't be sure.
I remember being very young and having one with a drawing of a Gemini ship landing on land, not water. It was many decades later when I found out they had toyed with the idea of gliding re-entry with a steerable, wing-like parachute for Gemini.
I have a couple of these - one called "Satellites and Planets" (the one shown above) and another titled "The Astronauts in Training". The first half of the first book has pictures of various satellites and space ships, real and imagined. The first half of the second book has pictures of projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. The second halves of both books contain the same set of pictures about Apollo 11, with many based on real-life photos, so must have been published shortly after the mission. I'll send some pics to Woodsy.
Theres quite a few of these and some of them use the artwork of the MEV and Booster Rocket from the Life Man in Space book. I'm almost certain I had one as a kid and its got the Molab in too, but cant't be sure.
ReplyDeleteI remember being very young and having one with a drawing of a Gemini ship landing on land, not water. It was many decades later when I found out they had toyed with the idea of gliding re-entry with a steerable, wing-like parachute for Gemini.
ReplyDeleteSounds fascinating Kev! A steerable wing-like parachute!
ReplyDeleteYep, called a Rogallo wing? Or something like that anyway.
DeleteYou're bang on Kev! https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=https://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/collections/full/A19710831000CP10.jpg&max=900
DeleteAll russian space craft are brought home on land, much more risky.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of these - one called "Satellites and Planets" (the one shown above) and another titled "The Astronauts in Training". The first half of the first book has pictures of various satellites and space ships, real and imagined. The first half of the second book has pictures of projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. The second halves of both books contain the same set of pictures about Apollo 11, with many based on real-life photos, so must have been published shortly after the mission. I'll send some pics to Woodsy.
DeleteCheers, Tony
Thanks Tony. What a great series of books. Thanks for the photos too. To be blogged soon.
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