Eiffleman – Brick Space Agency

Titan Mover Trains

2021-02-16

by Eiffleman

The Titan project also had a twin track linking the assembly buildings and launch pads; specially adapted EMD SW-8 switchers were used to move the rocket.

Apollo Command Module with Heatshield

2021-02-162021-02-16

by Eiffleman

The Apollo Command Module was the crew and reentry capsule portion of the CSM. It housed crew accommodation, equipment bays, and the controls and displays for operating the Apollo spacecraft.

Saturn IB

2021-02-13

NASA launch vehicle used to test the Apollo program spacecraft and later to ferry astronauts to Skylab.

American manned spaceplane used for hypersonic research. Conducted tests for ballistic flight, winged reentry, and gliding recovery. The X-15 was intended to evolve to a manned orbital spacecraft until the urgent need for the Mercury and Gemini programs surfaced. Research from the X-15 eventually led to the techniques used by the Space Shuttle.

Skylab

2021-02-02

By Eiffleman

First American manned space station launched 14 May, 1973. Originated as the Orbital Workshop then vastly upgraded to take advantage of remaining Saturn V rockets.

LC-5 Launch Complex 5 Cape Canaveral

2021-02-02

By Eiffleman

Launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Site of the Mercury-Redstone 3 flight, America’s first manned space flight with Astronaut Alan Shepard.

LEGO LC-5 model with 976 bricks

NASA M113 Armored Rescue Vehicle

2021-02-062021-02-02

By Eiffleman

NASA modified Army M113s used as armored rescue vehicles.

Falcon Heavy

2021-02-062021-01-26

By Eiffleman

SpaceX partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Falcon 9. Consists of a strengthened Falcon 9 first stage center core and two Falcon 9 first stage strap-on boosters. As of 2021, Falcon Heavy had the highest payload capacity of operating rockets and the third highest of any rocket ever to reach orbit.