the holiday issue of Popular Electronics, 1958
25.12.10
14.12.10
29.11.10
Remember the Commander on the Forbidden Planet
Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams from "Forbidden Planet," 1956
10.10.10
The Powers of 10
On this historic date (10/10/10) I'd like to share with you a short work created by the Eames (Eameses?), namely the Powers of 10.
Basically, the Powers of Ten is a 1968 American documentary short film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames, depicting the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten.
This film has been stuck in my mind since being wowed by it in my junior high school science class. Believe me, most of the filmfare we got in school was pretty dry stuff!
Visit the official website to learn more.
Basically, the Powers of Ten is a 1968 American documentary short film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames, depicting the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten.
This film has been stuck in my mind since being wowed by it in my junior high school science class. Believe me, most of the filmfare we got in school was pretty dry stuff!
Visit the official website to learn more.
21.9.10
Colonies to the Moon
Though heated arguments still rage among rocket engineers, in their discussions of the future, as to whether or not colonies will be established on the moon, and how these colonies will be transported through space to the earth's satellite, the only elaborately detailed plan yet presented publicly on a scientific basis for this purpose is that advance by Dr. Wernher von Braun. He proposes three tremendous space ships weighing more than 4,300 tons each, merely for a six week stay on the moon in space ships similar to that pictured here.From the book "Worlds in Space"
by Martin Caidin
illustration by Fred L. Wolff
(1954)
by Martin Caidin
illustration by Fred L. Wolff
(1954)
23.8.10
14.7.10
Fashionable Moon Hat - 1956
Straight out of "Moon Men from Mars" its the moon bridal hat for the open-minded....
the very open-minded.
the very open-minded.
10.7.10
X-1 and Crew
X-1, Jack Russell, Chuck Yeager & the ground crew stand underneather the mothership loaded and ready to go with the experimental X-1 rocket plane aka Glamorous Glennis.
Jack Russell was also Chuck Yeager's Crew Chief - pictured front and center.
Jack was a technical advisor for the movie "The Right Stuff." He even had a cameo role as the janitor who sawed the broom handle needed to close the hatch after Yeager broke his ribs.
V2 and Little Joe
V2 and Little Joe, originally uploaded by mikegrados.
White Sands Missile Range static display of the twisted remains of a flown V-2 and in the background a rocket configured to test an Apollo capsule configuration, nicnamed "Little Joe."
First View of Earth from Space
First photo from space, 1946, originally uploaded by www.PastFinder.de.
The first view of the Earth as seen from space, from a camera mounted on a captured German V-2 rocket, launched October 24, 1946 at White Sands, USA.
9.7.10
8.7.10
Space Ship of 2038
Amazing_Stories_Dec39_BC, originally uploaded by PopKulture.
Concept art for a space ship one hundred years into the future, the year 2039.
From Amazing Stories, December 1938
Concept art for a space ship one hundred years into the future, the year 2039.
From Amazing Stories, December 1938
ORBIT Play A Way Cards
ORBIT play A way CARDS: space ship, originally uploaded by Ribambelles & Ribambins.
ORBIT play A way CARDS, originally uploaded by Ribambelles & Ribambins.
4.7.10
26.6.10
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 26, 1960
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 26, 1960 - Six-minute message received by Jodrell Bank, England, was last communication received from PIONEER V, then 22.5 million miles from earth moving at a relative velocity of 21,000 mph. Since March 11 when launched, PIONEER V traveled some 180 million miles, and it would fly 18 million miles closer to the sun than any manmade object.
22.6.10
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 22, 1960
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 22, 1960 - Navy TRANSIT II-A, an experimental navigation satellite with two payloads (navigation and radiation measurement), successfully launched into orbit by Thor-Able-Star vehicle. This was the first time that two instrumented satellites have been placed into orbit at the same time.
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 22, 1960
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 22, 1960 - Navy TRANSIT II-A, an experimental navigation satellite with two payloads (navigation and radiation measurement), successfully launched into orbit by Thor-Able-Star vehicle. This was the first time that two instrumented satellites have been placed into orbit at the same time.
21.6.10
19.6.10
15.6.10
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 15, 1960
Fifty Years Ago Today - June 15, 1960 - Saturn static test firing of 121 seconds successful at MSFC.
12.6.10
Tin Litho Atomic Ray Gun on eBay
Atomic Ray Gun Space Rifle w/Orig Box
She's going, going, gone tomorrow! Isn't she a beauty? Now why can't I have nice, completely unnecessary things like this in my home?
The Spaceman Cometh
Collier's Magazine
Illustrated by Walter Richards
November 1955
Be sure to click the link and then select all sizes. Wish the rest of the story was here as well!
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