fut/opd_v_c_o_EKC (ca. 1960-62, unnumbered NASA-MSFC photo, verso hand-annotated 2-205-1)
“REFUELING OPERATION”
Alrighty…based on the inset diagrams, the R-1/R2-labeled vehicle, which has apparently docked with the “tanker”, is being refueled through the two feed lines into what (to me) look like two vernier rocket engine nozzles. Note the different configurations of the two feed lines, to include color, possibly due to one being the oxidizer and the other the fuel. Note also - based on the inset diagrams - that the "interstage" of the R-1/R2 vehicle appears to remain attached to the tanker/depot after undocking. So then, what are the four appendages at the aft end of the tanker/depot? I initially thought they were engines, but no longer. IDK. And, lastly, can it be assumed that the R-1/R2 vehicle is manned? For lunar…interplanetary exploration? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The verso bears the repeating letters/logo of "EKC". This rarely seen Eastman Kodak Company backprint technique pre-dates the coveted "A KODAK PAPER" watermarked NASA photographs, hence my date range estimation.
Most importantly & fortunately, just enough of the artist’s signature escaped cropping, permitting my identification of the individual, that being Euel Dean Cagle. Mr. Cagle was a NASA-MFSC artist, born December 1925/died January 2002, with unfortunately no additional information…as of yet. A WIN nonetheless…I’ll take it.
Also, per a blurb in the May 1979 issue of “NASA Activities”, he’s identified as being responsible for the final design and artwork for the original/official Space Telescope Program "badge"…aka the Hubble Space Telescope.
fut/opd_v_c_o_EKC (ca. 1960-62, unnumbered NASA-MSFC photo, verso hand-annotated 2-205-1)
“REFUELING OPERATION”
Alrighty…based on the inset diagrams, the R-1/R2-labeled vehicle, which has apparently docked with the “tanker”, is being refueled through the two feed lines into what (to me) look like two vernier rocket engine nozzles. Note the different configurations of the two feed lines, to include color, possibly due to one being the oxidizer and the other the fuel. Note also - based on the inset diagrams - that the "interstage" of the R-1/R2 vehicle appears to remain attached to the tanker/depot after undocking. So then, what are the four appendages at the aft end of the tanker/depot? I initially thought they were engines, but no longer. IDK. And, lastly, can it be assumed that the R-1/R2 vehicle is manned? For lunar…interplanetary exploration? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The verso bears the repeating letters/logo of "EKC". This rarely seen Eastman Kodak Company backprint technique pre-dates the coveted "A KODAK PAPER" watermarked NASA photographs, hence my date range estimation.
Most importantly & fortunately, just enough of the artist’s signature escaped cropping, permitting my identification of the individual, that being Euel Dean Cagle. Mr. Cagle was a NASA-MFSC artist, born December 1925/died January 2002, with unfortunately no additional information…as of yet. A WIN nonetheless…I’ll take it.
Also, per a blurb in the May 1979 issue of “NASA Activities”, he’s identified as being responsible for the final design and artwork for the original/official Space Telescope Program "badge"…aka the Hubble Space Telescope.