This is a von Braun 1952 space station concept. In a 1952 series of articles written in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly" class="extiw" title="w:Collier's Weekly">Collier's</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun" class="extiw" title="w:Wernher von Braun">Dr. Wernher von Braun</a>, then Technical Director of the Army Ordnance Guided Missiles Development Group at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redstone_Arsenal" class="extiw" title="w:Redstone Arsenal">Redstone Arsenal</a>, wrote of a large wheel-like space station in a 1,075-mile orbit. This station, made of flexible nylon, would be carried into space by a fully reusable three-stage launch vehicle. Once in space, the station's collapsible nylon body would be inflated much like an automobile tire. The 250-foot-wide wheel would rotate to provide artificial gravity, an important consideration at the time because little was known about the effects of prolonged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlessness" class="extiw" title="w:Weightlessness">zero-gravity</a> on humans. Von Braun's wheel was slated for a number of important missions: a way station for space exploration, a meteorological observatory and a navigation aid. This concept was illustrated by artist Chesley Bonestell.
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<p>concept:Wernher von Braun<br></p>
artwork:Chesley Bonestell</div>
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