a08_v_bw_o_n (McDonnell Douglas Corp PR photo, no. ZPR 68-235, verso stamped B812-12-3)
“MOON-BOUND APOLLO 8 --Separated from the McDonnell Douglas-built S-IVB rocket (foreground), Apollo 8, with its crew of three astronauts, speeds toward moon and historic first lunar fly-around. When astronauts splash down in the Pacific Ocean, they will have flown 230,000 miles from earth (370,150 km) and orbited the moon 10 times. As third stage of Saturn V launch vehicle, S-IVB will fire for 2.6 minutes to propel Apollo 8 into parking orbit. Following orbital checkout of rocket and spacecraft, S-IVB will restart and propel Apollo 8 into translunar trajectory, as shown in artist’s rendering. McDonnel Douglas Astronautics Company, a division of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, builds the S-IVB for National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center.”
This beautiful conceptual Apollo Program artwork is by Gary Meyer, who was, at least during the first half of the 1960's, an illustrator for North American Aviation (NAA). Mr. Meyer was possibly the illustrator for the 1963 "series/family" of Apollo concept illustrations that I have posted. Hard to confirm, as most illustrations have no signature visible, being either cropped out or possibly never signed(?) Fortunately, this particular illustration "slipped through the cracks" of anonymity by the presence of his signature.
Mr. Meyer's credentials, achievements and honors are actually quite amazing!!!:
garymeyerillustration.net/BIOGRAPHY.html
Wow!!!:
garymeyerillustration.net/ILLUSTRATIONS/Pages/early_work....
In this instance, specifically:
garymeyerillustration.net/ILLUSTRATIONS/Pages/early_work....
In my world, I find MANY of his works to be iconic, proliferated through varied media: prints, posters, as 'figures' (in a range of NASA manuals, books, brochures, etc.), and much more. Whenever I stumble upon some morsel pertaining to the identity of any NASA/NASA contractor artist/illustrator, I'm always a little saddened as to his, and others', nearly total anonymity, at least in this 'venue'.
a08_v_bw_o_n (McDonnell Douglas Corp PR photo, no. ZPR 68-235, verso stamped B812-12-3)
“MOON-BOUND APOLLO 8 --Separated from the McDonnell Douglas-built S-IVB rocket (foreground), Apollo 8, with its crew of three astronauts, speeds toward moon and historic first lunar fly-around. When astronauts splash down in the Pacific Ocean, they will have flown 230,000 miles from earth (370,150 km) and orbited the moon 10 times. As third stage of Saturn V launch vehicle, S-IVB will fire for 2.6 minutes to propel Apollo 8 into parking orbit. Following orbital checkout of rocket and spacecraft, S-IVB will restart and propel Apollo 8 into translunar trajectory, as shown in artist’s rendering. McDonnel Douglas Astronautics Company, a division of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, builds the S-IVB for National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center.”
This beautiful conceptual Apollo Program artwork is by Gary Meyer, who was, at least during the first half of the 1960's, an illustrator for North American Aviation (NAA). Mr. Meyer was possibly the illustrator for the 1963 "series/family" of Apollo concept illustrations that I have posted. Hard to confirm, as most illustrations have no signature visible, being either cropped out or possibly never signed(?) Fortunately, this particular illustration "slipped through the cracks" of anonymity by the presence of his signature.
Mr. Meyer's credentials, achievements and honors are actually quite amazing!!!:
garymeyerillustration.net/BIOGRAPHY.html
Wow!!!:
garymeyerillustration.net/ILLUSTRATIONS/Pages/early_work....
In this instance, specifically:
garymeyerillustration.net/ILLUSTRATIONS/Pages/early_work....
In my world, I find MANY of his works to be iconic, proliferated through varied media: prints, posters, as 'figures' (in a range of NASA manuals, books, brochures, etc.), and much more. Whenever I stumble upon some morsel pertaining to the identity of any NASA/NASA contractor artist/illustrator, I'm always a little saddened as to his, and others', nearly total anonymity, at least in this 'venue'.