Posts Tagged apollo
The Art of Robert McCall
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on March 2, 2010
“Handshake in Space” by Robert McCall
The great space artist Robert McCall passed away on February 26 at the age of 90. McCall’s illustrations of the space age are nothing but iconic, and epic in scale. I’ve seen the Opening the Space Frontier, The Next Giant Step mural at Johnson Space Center, and would love to see the others. If nothing else, you’ve seen his work on stamps, mission patches, and 2001: A Space Odyssey posters. He will be missed.
February 28, 2010 — An artist whose visions of the past, present, and future of space exploration have graced U.S. postage stamps, NASA mission patches, and the walls of the Smithsonian, Robert McCall died on Friday of a heart attack in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 90.
Once described by author Isaac Asimov as the “nearest thing to an artist in residence from outer space,” McCall’s paintings first attracted the public’s attention in the 1960s on the pages of LIFE, illustrating the magazine’s series on the future of space travel. He expanded on that theme at the invitation of director Stanley Kubrick, who had McCall paint the advertising posters for his seminal 1968 science fiction film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
— collectSPACE
“Opening the Space Frontier, The Next Giant Step” by Robert McCall
NASA has a gallery of his work online; collectSPACE has this excellent post, and NASA Watch has additional links.
“Orion Leaving Space Station” by Robert McCall
Spacemen Rock
Posted by Danielle in Fashion & Accessories on February 18, 2010
I absolutely MUST have this shirt. Spacemen DO rock! (I especially love the cymbal and hi-hat details where the command module antennae would be.)
Astronauts & Scientists Cross
Posted by Danielle in Fashion & Accessories on December 21, 2009
A lovely cross made up of Space Shuttles and Apollo Capsules:
Four figures of Space Shuttles make up body of our cross, while four Apollo Lunar Modules radiate out from the center. The space vehicles all point to their ultimate destination – the golden brilliance of the stars and the cosmos itself!
The elements of our Astronauts Cross come together to honor all those who have contributed to Humankind’s exploration of space. We honor the brave men and women of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and the Shuttle programs as well as the early programs of the NACA that took us through the sound barrier and to the outer regions of the atmosphere. We honor all those involved in current space research and engineering such as those involved in the Constellation program which will establish the first human colony on the moon. And most especially, we commemorate our three Astronauts who died in the fire onboard Apollo1, the crews of the Space Shuttles Challenger (STS-51L) and Columbia (STS-107), as well as all the unheralded test pilots, the cosmonauts of SOYUZ 1 and SOYUZ 11, and all the others who have given the ultimate sacrifice to advance science and our quest to reach out beyond the boundaries of Mother Earth.
Part of the purchase price goes to the Astronauts Scholarship Foundation, which is pretty cool.
Miniature Apollo
Posted by Danielle in Collectibles on October 6, 2009
This article on fantastically-talented miniaturist Willard Wigan is definitely worth a look, if only for the slideshow! Shown here is his miniature of Buzz Aldrin, which rests in the eye of a needle (and can fit on the head of a pin.)
Hat tip to doctorlinguist for the article!
Splashdown-spam
Posted by Danielle in Picspam, Special Events on July 24, 2009
40 years ago today, this happened. [points up] Which led to exciting times for the astronauts… [points down]
Well, the point was, not only did we land on the moon in 1969, the astronauts lived to tell about it, and in fact came back here:
…which really, is quite remarkable.
I’ve always liked Google’s logo designs for special events, and for the 40th on Monday, they had this up, which I find admirably subtle:
Returning
Posted by Danielle in Picspam, Special Events on July 22, 2009
This picture was actually taken 40 years ago *yesterday*…. but who’s counting? Not me.
After the most famous voyage of modern times, it was time to go home. After proving that humanity has the ability to go beyond the confines of planet Earth, the first humans to walk on another world — Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin — flew the ascent stage of their Lunar Module back to meet Michael Collins in the moon-orbiting Command and Service Module. Pictured above on 1969 July 21, the ascending spaceship was captured by Collins making its approach, with the Moon below, and Earth far in the distance.
LRO Images Apollo
Posted by Danielle in News & Happenings, Picspam on July 21, 2009
Last month the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) launched and made its way to the Moon, and some of the first images it sent back are these delightful shots of the Apollo landing sites. Shown here is the Apollo 14 landing site; below you can see (in an enlarged view) where the astronauts walked to place their instruments. Which I think is pretty darned incredible. Go here to see the rest!
Long Way From Home
Posted by Danielle in Picspam, Special Events on July 17, 2009
40 years ago today, astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were on their way to the Moon.
AS11-36-5355 (17 July 1969) — Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-lunar coast toward the moon. Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, onboard was already 98,000 nautical miles from Earth when this picture was made. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “Eagle” to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Columbia” in lunar orbit.
40 Years Ago Today
Posted by Danielle in News & Happenings, Picspam, Special Events on July 16, 2009
…a Saturn V launched toward the Moon. Over the next few days I will be sharing photos from Apollo 11, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing.
And here’s the official logo!
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