Astrodome houses telescopes and other instruments
used for sightings and observations

Professor Matic's domain — the navigation bay

Main computer bay — each control point has its own smaller
computers, but can switch into the main computer for very
complex problems

Space jail

Laboratory — here Venus synthesizes the food supply and controls
the ship's air conditioning; immediately forward is the sick bay

Spacious lounge — despite Fireball's terrific speed the journeys
it makes to other galaxies sometimes last months; the lounge,
therefore, has been designed for comfort so that the crew can
relax from the often tedious daily routine

Hydroponics room — in here plants are grown in chemicals,
they are used to help purify the air in the ship, a process
whereby plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out
oxygen

Ribbed surface removes excess
engine heat and disperses it
into space

Generators and auxiliaries

Outer boosters housed in fuel tank fin — these help
in steering the ship when used independently

Extra boosters

Atomics bay

Main engines

Control cabin with main instrument panel

Robert the Robot — pilots the ship if fed instructions

Airlock to jetmobile bay

Jetmoblie exit hatch

Starboard cubicles containing stores and
spare equipment, armoury and workshop

Jetmobile bay

Rest room — used if nose-cone makes long stay on planet

Service area for first aid, food preparation and laboratory work

Oxygen store

Missile bay — carries interceptors
and various additional missiles

Double skin hull, comprised of an outer skin for meteor
protection and an inner wall of fuel tanks

Retro-rockets and positioning jets are
placed at intervals around the hull

Boosters set in fuel fins

Casing and end-grille removed to show heat dispersal units

Entrance to telescopic tunnel — this connects the
two parts of XL5; its heatproof walls keep it cool
when it is extended through the blast chamber

Atomics bay

Blast chamber, showing fuel injection
nozzles, cooling rings, pumps and servos

Port leg retracted — also one on starboard and one
under the nose to form a tricycle undercarriage