A Miscellaneous Space Subject Gallery

Paris Air Show, June 1989
 

	The Soviet Buran Space Shuttle on top of its An-225 Mriya carrier plane
	A rear view of the Buran/Mriya Stack
	Buran and Mriya landing
	Buran and Mriya (with thrust reversers open) landing

Paris Air Show, June 1993

	A model of the proposed Russian Molniya spacecraft mounted on top of its An-225 Mriya aircraft launcher
	A model of the proposed Gerkules (Hercules) Russian aircraft.  Having two fuselages and six jet engines, the plane was designed to carry balky space launcher components.
	A mock-up of the Russian scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) that flew early in 1993 on top of a modified air to air missile.  This was the first scramjet ever to attain supersonic combustion and to generate thrust. For more on this experiment, named "Kholod" (cold) follow this link.
	This is the actually flown Russian scramjet (see previous item).

Paris Air Show, June 1995
 

	A mockup of the Russian/Chinese Express recoverable capsule. Express was flown only once, its launch failed and it was recovered several months later in a remote African village
	A mockup of the Russian proposed Burlak air dropped launcher under its Tu-160 Blackjack carrier aircraft
	The tail end of the Burlak launcher

Science Museum, London, December 2000

		The first stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle
		The second stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle
		The second and third stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle. Visible on top of the second stage is the spin table
		The complete UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle seen from the bottom.  For more information on Black Arrow visit the British Rocket and Satellite Launchers page.
		The RL-10 cryogenic rocket engine, used on the Centaur upper stage, the Saturn-I second stage,  the Delta III second stage and on the DC-X experimental rocket
		Apollo-10 "Charlie Brown": the only Apollo command module on show in Europe
		A different view of "Charlie Brown"
		The engine of a V-2 German rocket
		V-2 German rocket (composite image)

Paris Air Show, June 2003

		A model of the new Vega European launcher
		A Russian Fregat upper stage
		Another view of the Fregat stage
		Tubing on the Fregat stage. The engine is barely visible
		Another view of the Fregat stage
		A flown Ariane-5 solid fueled booster
		A view of the interior of the Ariane-5 booster front structure. The light blue object is the parachute housing
		The opposite side of the Ariane-5 booster front structure
		The interior of the Ariane-5 booster. The interior is coated with rubber to which the solid fueled is bonded
		The Ariane-5 booster ignition system
		The sectioned Ariane-5 booster nozzle
		A Zefiro stage like the ones used on the Vega launcher
		A mockup of the Israeli EROS satellite
		A model of the Japanese M-V launcher
		A model of the Japanese Muses-B (Haruka) satellite
		A model of the Japanese H-IIA launcher
		A model of the Russian Soyuz launcher
		A model of the Dnepr launcher
		A model of the Russian Start launcher
		A model of the Gerkules aircraft
		A model of the Russian Resurs DK earth resources satellite, alias the Yantar spy satellite
		A model of the Russian Foton recoverable spacecraft
		Chinese launchers. Left to right: CZ-2C/SM, CZ-3A, CZ-2E, CZ-3B
		A model of the Chinese DFH-3 communication satellite
		A close up of the CZ-3B Chinese launcher model

Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, June 2003

		A cool diorama of the Soviet R-7 launch pad
		A flown Ariane-4 fairing. This was used to launch the Helios-1 spy satellite
		A Russian Molniya communication satellite
		A view of the main engine on board of the Molniya satellite
		A Soviet Prognoz scientific satellite

Science Museum, London, June 2007

		The first stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle
		The second stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle
		The first stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle
		The third stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle
		A front view of the second stage of the UK's Black Arrow satellite launch vehicle, showing the "clamshell" fairing
		A model of Prospero, the only satellite ever launched by Black Arrow
		The US Scout all-solid launcher
		The other end of the Scout. According to some, the Science Museum Scout was obtained by scavenging a rare Scout C five stage version earmarked for NASA's Sunblazer small solar probes. Researchers at Science Museum tell me it is not so.

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