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NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : 77-H-204
Date : 1977

Title

Spider Space Station Concept

Full Description

A 1977 concept drawing for a space station. Known as the "spider" concept, this station was designed to use Space Shuttle hardware. A solar array was to be unwound from the exhausted main fuel tank. The structure could then be formed and assembled in one operation. The main engine tank would then be used as a space operations control center, a Shuttle astronaut crew habitat, and a space operations focal point for missions to the Moon and Mars.

Keywords

international space station concepts Space Shuttle spider

Subject Category

Space-Station Concepts,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: 77-H-204
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2003-00095

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: Digital

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 135 99 16
Small JPEG 1080 795 526
Medium JPEG 2250 1657 2,377
Large JPEG 4500 3314 13,596

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