a_vr_c_o_AKP (NASA-S-64-8695, prev. 'IAS-SEATTLE-GILRUTH-McMILLION 6 AUGUST 1962' presentation)
Brilliant, dramatic, striking…almost haunting depiction of an early Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) ascent stage liftoff…by one of NASA’s earliest artists, the supremely talented Gerald “Gerry” J. Lyons.
Although a ‘vintage’ NASA photograph, it was previously - possibly originally - created & issued as part of a presentation by Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director, Robert R. Gilruth and Lee N. McMillion of the Space Task Group (STG)/Life Systems Branch, at the Seattle Institute of Aerospace Sciences (IAS), August 6, 1962.
Although I’ve found basically nothing WRT Mr. Lyons, there’s at least a mention of him by another original NASA artist, Chuck Biggs, at the following wonderful NASA oral history.
The oral histories project is thankfully, something NASA somehow managed to get right, really right:
historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/o...
a_vr_c_o_AKP (NASA-S-64-8695, prev. 'IAS-SEATTLE-GILRUTH-McMILLION 6 AUGUST 1962' presentation)
Brilliant, dramatic, striking…almost haunting depiction of an early Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) ascent stage liftoff…by one of NASA’s earliest artists, the supremely talented Gerald “Gerry” J. Lyons.
Although a ‘vintage’ NASA photograph, it was previously - possibly originally - created & issued as part of a presentation by Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director, Robert R. Gilruth and Lee N. McMillion of the Space Task Group (STG)/Life Systems Branch, at the Seattle Institute of Aerospace Sciences (IAS), August 6, 1962.
Although I’ve found basically nothing WRT Mr. Lyons, there’s at least a mention of him by another original NASA artist, Chuck Biggs, at the following wonderful NASA oral history.
The oral histories project is thankfully, something NASA somehow managed to get right, really right:
historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/o...