NX37602, Howard Hughes's H-4 Hercules, "Spruce Goose"
These photographs were made on 20 August 2012. Click on the image for the full-size, high-resolution photo.
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NX37602, Howard Hughes's H-4 Hercules, "Spruce Goose" |
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| Douglas C-53D (military version of DC-3) |
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| One of five flight-rated Mercury spacecraft that were manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft but were not used. |
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| Experimental X-38 lifting body, developed for crew transportation from the International Space Station (ISS). This was intended to be used in case of emergency. The X-38 never moved into production. |
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| Historic Baker-Nunn satellite tracking camera dating from the earliest days of space satellites. This was used to determine spacecraft orbital parameters via ground-based optical tracking. |
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