Chesley Bonestell
Cutaway of Von Braun's lunar lander, by Chesley Bonestell
Beyond the Solar System (Chesley Bonestell, 1964). (via Facebook)
1973 ... Skylab 3 by James Vaughan
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Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, moon of Saturn, on this day in 1655. Space art by Kenneth Fagg, Chesley Bonestell, Ron Miller, and David A. Hardy.
Source: humanoidhistory
At the back: the montrous Von Braun/Bonestell/"Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" lander, designed by the monstrous Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun; then from right to left:
The British Interplanetary Society's lunar space-ship
USAF Lunex Project
NASA baseline LOR design
North American Aviation LEM proposal
Grumman early LEM
1948
The Fountainhead
The Cortland Homes
We finally found the credit for the amazing sets:
Matte painting by Chesley Bonestell.
Illustrations by Harold & Lillian Michelson.
To all of you Si-Fi fans out there both names loom large
Chesley Bonestell: Saturno visto desde Titán (1948)
The Von Braun/Bonestell/Collier’s/Man Will Conquer Space Soon round-the-moon ship of 1952.
Chesley Bonestell, Saturn as seen from Titan