‘The sphere will be home to the voyagers not only for the five-day trip, but for several days after, while lunar quarters are being constructed.’
(Cover) illustration by #ChesleyBonestell
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#WillyLey #spacetravel #astronauts #astronautics #MoonMission #spacecraft

#OTD 1952: in the Moon Ship
'Man on the Moon - Scientists Tell How We Can Land There In Our Lifetime' Oct. 18, 1952
(#2 in the historic Collier’s series on the Conquest of Space [1951-54])
Cover #illustration #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)
PART 2
Willy Ley, “Inside the Moon Ship”

‘The Cover
A historic moment: man’s first landing on the moon. The lunar rocket ship is about to touch down; its motors are being turned off, and the shock-absorbing central landing leg, visible inside the rocket flames, is just above the moon’s surface.➡️ALT
#ChesleyBonestell

rocket motors are switched on to slow down ships’ high-speed fall caused by the moon’s gravity. Vehicles are maneuvering 550 miles above landing area known as *Sinus Roris* (Dewy Bay), dark plain above cargo ship in lower left’
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell

passengers ships center and right.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartist #spacecraft #spacestation

‘Man on the Moon THE JOURNEY By Dr. Wernher von Braun
For five days the expedition speeds through space on its historic voyage - 50 men on three ungainly craft, bound for the great unknown’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartist #spacecraft #spacestation

#OTD in 1952
'Man on the Moon - Scientists Tell How We Can Land There In Our Lifetime'
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#2 in the historic Collier’s series on the Conquest of Space (1951-54)
Wernher von Braun, “Man on the Moon - The Journey” Oct. 18, 1952
Cover #illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)

In #OCTOBER 1952
Saturn seen from one of its moons
Cover of *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, October 1952
#Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps

‘Man on the Moon - Scientists Tell How We Can Land There In Our Lifetime’ Cover of *Collier’s*, October 18, 1952
(👉 to be posted on the 18th)
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#rocketscience #WillyLey #WernherVonBraun #moonlanding #spacetravel #ChesleyBonestell

In #OCTOBER 1969
‘Exploring Copernicus’ #Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986) for *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*
Oil on board. October 1969.
lunar #landscape based on the famous #LunarOrbiter image of the #crater #Copernicus, taken in 1966
#moonscape #moon

‘On our return journey we are 600 miles from the earth looking down at New England coast.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists

‘We are 5,800 miles out and falling toward earth’s surface; cloud blanket is clearly visible. Philippines are at bright spot.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists

‘Rocket ship is returning to earth; it is about 3,000 miles out from moon. Dark side of moon is never visible to earth.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists

‘Sun’s eclipse by earth as it appears from the moon. Earth looks four times as large as the moon looks to us from position on earth.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists

‘At 10 miles above the moon’s pole, the gigantic craters and jagged ridges present an awesome picture. Temperature of shadows is far below Zero; in sun it is hundreds of degrees.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart

‘As the moon is approached by our rocket ship, its craters, seas and mountain ranges become visible; here, ship is 500 miles above its surface. Moon is terrestrial body with no atmosphere.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart

‘The moon, “new” phase, is 15,000 miles away (below); beyond is Scorpio and a part of the Milky Way. Earth-light is illuminating the dark surface of the moon.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists

‘We are 35,000 miles from the earth (above). Constellation of Orion is at left, Pleiades at upper right. Space ship at lower right is ½ mile away.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists

‘Ship No. 1, containing the passengers, leaves Ship No. 2 at an altitude of 1,200 miles above Kansas. Pacific Coast is visible from San Diego to Puget Sound.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists

“Rocket to the Moon?”
‘The favorite theme of science fiction is no longer a fantasy - latest advances in rocket research make it a distinct possibility.’
‘The rocket ship stands on its launching rack ready for its journey through space.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #MoonMission