IMAGE 0_99\92.Lbm,A shuttle orbiter manoeuvres in to dock with Freedom at the end of the century when the space station is fully operational.
IMAGE 100_199\108.Lbm,Streaking into orbit towards space station Freedom early next century is the US national aerospace plane, nicknamed the Orient Express.
IMAGE 100_199\177.Lbm,A look inside the two main modules the US are providing for space station Freedom. At top is the habitat module that houses Freedom's crew, and at bottom is the US laboratory module. They are connected by resources nodes carrying docking ports.
IMAGE 300_399\345.Lbm,An ambitious design for the Freedom space station by Rockwell International, which featured a dual-keel.
IMAGE 0_99\34.Lbm,The shuttle's "crane", the Canadian-built remote manipulating system, is put through its paces on the second shuttle mission (STS-2) on November 13, 1981.
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IMAGE 1100_99\175.Lbm,James Blaha tests computer control devices being developed for use on space station Freedom. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1300_99\373.Lbm,Hermes is shown here docked with the international Freedom space station.
IMAGE 1700_99\724.Lbm,Next century Freedom or its successor will act as a spaceport for lunar ferries carrying supplies to a Moon base.
IMAGE 1700_99\725.Lbm,Artist's impression of a lunar supply base providing raw materials for in-orbit industrial and construction activities.
IMAGE 1900_99\924.Lbm,A design for a lunar orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) and lander. The OTV stays in orbit. Both vehicles return to Earth-orbiting space station.
IMAGE 1900_99\925.Lbm,A concept for a solar power satellite, which will collect and concentrate solar energy and beam it back to Earth in the form of microwaves.
IMAGE 1900_99\926.Lbm,The cylindrical habitats and laboratory modules at the heart of space station Freedom, as it might look early next century.
IMAGE 1900_99\927.Lbm,Another view of space station Freedom, showing cutaway the US laboratory module.
IMAGE 1900_99\928.Lbm,A shuttle orbiter is making one of its regular visits to space station Freedom to bring a new crew and fresh supplies.
IMAGE 1900_99\943.Lbm,An early design for Freedom featured a 'dual keel', but it proved too costly.
IMAGE 1900_99\944.Lbm,A dramatic view of the current Freedom design, with a shuttle orbiter in attendance.
IMAGE 1900_99\945.Lbm,Service engineer's view of Freedom's main modules on a routine inspection of the space station.
IMAGE 1900_99\946.Lbm,The first main stage in the construction of Freedom is the man- tended configuration shown here, with one node and the US laboratory module in place.
IMAGE 1900_99\947.Lbm,The other main modules will be added to the man-tended configuration until Freedom is in the final permanently manned configuration shown here.
IMAGE 1900_99\948.Lbm,Artist's impression of bustling activity in the vicinity of Freedom early next century.
IMAGE 1900_99\949.Lbm,Plans have been advanced for vehicles to return Freedom's crew quickly to Earth in an emergency. These are four concepts being considered. (CERV = crew emergency return vehicle).
IMAGE 1900_99\950.Lbm,A Discoverer crew return vehicle floats to a gentle splashdown after an emergency return from space.
IMAGE 1900_99\951.Lbm,A full-scale mock-up of the ACRV, the latest idea in emergency crew return from Freedom.
IMAGE 1900_99\952.Lbm,Demonstrating the crew accommodation inside the ACRV.
IMAGE 1900_99\953.Lbm,An ACRV fires its retrorockets to de-orbit.
IMAGE 1900_99\954.Lbm,A helicopter is quickly on the scene after the ACRV has parachuted back to Earth.
IMAGE 1900_99\955.Lbm,The legendary X-15 rocket plane in its 1964 version, with new external fuel tanks.
IMAGE 1900_99\958.Lbm,Details of the prototype automated beam-builder, a machine that may one day be used to support large-scale construction work in orbit.
