CBart_v_bw_o_n (original 1952 Collier's press photo)
“EN ROUTE TO THE MOON – WITHIN 25 YEARS: Here are the three moon ships in which a 50-man expedition of scientists will reach the moon in 1977, according to Dr. Wernher von Braun, world’s leading rocket expert, writing in Collier’s. The huge rocket ships—each higher than the Statue of Liberty—are en route to the moon from a space station erected years before in an orbit 1,075 miles above the earth. Trip will take five days. Only the two passenger rocket ships (upper left and on right) will carry sufficient fuel for the return trip from the moon to the space station’s orbit. The third vehicle (lower left) is the cargo ship carrying only enough fuel for the 240,00-mile moon trip and for landing. Aboard it will be supplies and equipment for a six-week stay on the lunar surface, and a lunar prefabricated base.”
Gorgeous color version:
www.graphicine.com/chelsea-bonestell-into-the-fire/
Specifically:
www.graphicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/chelsea_bon...
Credit: Graphicine website - LOTS of beautiful space graphics can be seen at this really cool site.
The photograph (in color) was featured in the October 18, 1952 issue of Collier’s Magazine, page 58, with the caption:
"Landing on the moon. Ten minutes before touchdown, 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."
CBart_v_bw_o_n (original 1952 Collier's press photo)
“EN ROUTE TO THE MOON – WITHIN 25 YEARS: Here are the three moon ships in which a 50-man expedition of scientists will reach the moon in 1977, according to Dr. Wernher von Braun, world’s leading rocket expert, writing in Collier’s. The huge rocket ships—each higher than the Statue of Liberty—are en route to the moon from a space station erected years before in an orbit 1,075 miles above the earth. Trip will take five days. Only the two passenger rocket ships (upper left and on right) will carry sufficient fuel for the return trip from the moon to the space station’s orbit. The third vehicle (lower left) is the cargo ship carrying only enough fuel for the 240,00-mile moon trip and for landing. Aboard it will be supplies and equipment for a six-week stay on the lunar surface, and a lunar prefabricated base.”
Gorgeous color version:
www.graphicine.com/chelsea-bonestell-into-the-fire/
Specifically:
www.graphicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/chelsea_bon...
Credit: Graphicine website - LOTS of beautiful space graphics can be seen at this really cool site.
The photograph (in color) was featured in the October 18, 1952 issue of Collier’s Magazine, page 58, with the caption:
"Landing on the moon. Ten minutes before touchdown, 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."