NAA/NAR/RIfam_v_c_o_n (unnumbered, ca. 1996+, past/present/future vehicles/Mars montage litho)

“Rockwell Aerospace, Space Division--
Making The Dream Real

Rockwell International--
Turning Visions Into Vehicles for the Great Adventure of Space Exploration

From the earliest steps of space flight to the challenge of future space exploration, Rockwell leads the way. Rockwell’s space ventures include the rocket engines that have powered virtually all of America’s launch vehicles; the X-15, man’s first visit to the edge of space; Project Apollo, first man on the moon; Apollo-Soyuz, first international space mission; the Shuttle orbiter, first recoverable spaceship; electrical power for the International Space Station; the X-34, commercial space transportation for small payloads (up to 1,200 pounds); and the X-33, a low-cost, fully reusable space launch system. Rockwell continues to lead the way into space with innovative and high-quality products, ranging from complete space vehicles to rocket engines to avionics to composite materials. Building on the world’s most extensive space background, Rockwell has never stopped creating new concepts, new technology to help man probe farther into space. Experiments with lunar materials showed that oxygen needed for life support and for rocket propellants could be efficiently produced on the moon. Designs for lunar shelters and a lunar base followed. Lunar landers and rovers were designed and analyzed. Return to the moon—this time to stay—was proven feasible.

When President Bush called for a manned mission to Mars, Rockwell was hard at work learning more about the Martian environment, studying data from Apollo and Shuttle entries into the Earth’s atmosphere to determine how the Martian atmosphere can be used to slow and control a Mars spaceship. New materials from advanced programs have led to lightweight, strong designs for new vehicle shapes.

The technologies needed for the great adventure are being developed so that when the nation decides to implement this bold and imaginative plan, Rockwell will be ready to turn dreams into reality, visions into vehicles of the final frontier.”

The vehicles depicted are labeled as:
- X-15
- Mercury/Atlas
- Mercury
- Gemini/Titan
- Gemini
- Apollo-Soyuz
- Apollo-Saturn
- Space Transportation System
- Apollo
- Reusable Launch Vehicle (aka the X-33)
- Space Shuttle Orbiter
- International Space Station
- X-34 (awarded to Orbital Sciences Corporation)
- Lunar Transfer Vehicle
- Lunar Excursion Vehicle
- Mars Transfer Vehicle:
The MTV is depicted to the middle/far right. The Mars Excursion Vehicle (MEV) component, the streamlined, brownish, wingless shuttle orbiter-like component, can also be seen on the Martian surface, with what appears to be a multi-wheeled rover exiting it's payload/cargo bay.

Fortunately, as I was grumbling “I WANT MY MTV!” to myself, I came upon the following. While there’s no cool video, it’s an excellent read nonetheless, with a useful breakout of what the funky looking craft consists of.
But wait, as is too often the case, the copied link is not clickable. Aggravating. Trust me though, it's cool:

commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2345&con...
Credit: Embry-Riddell Aeronautical University Scholarly Commons website

Indirectly at least:

commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings/proceedings-1...
Credit: Space Congress/Embry-Riddell Aeronautical University Scholarly Commons

Based on the strong similarity to previously/subsequently? rendered versions of many of the vehicles, I believe this beautiful work to be by Ted Brown.

Taken on: June 3, 2021

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