Title

Inflatable Station Concept, 1961. Creator: NASA.

Caption

Inflatable Station Concept, 1961. Unlike many other early space station concepts, this design actually made it out of the concept phase and into production, though no models were ever flown. This particular station was 30-feet and expandable. It was designed to be taken to outer space in a small package and then inflate in orbit. The station could, in theory, have been big enough for 1 to 2 people to use for a long period of time. A similar 24-foot station was built by the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation for NASA test use. The concept of space inflatables was revived in the 1990s.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM21B20_306

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

20,6Mb (1017,4Kb) / 10,0in x 8,0in / 3000 x 2399 (300dpi)

Keywords

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