Destination Moon (1950)

Images from the production of "Destination Moon," 1950, from the photographers of LIFE magazine. With sets conceived by Chesley Bonestell, co-scripted by Robert Heinlein, it drew upon all resources available at the time to depict such a journey as accurately as possible.

Secrets of Space Flight

Spaceship on cover is a realistic model of the future, made by the rocket expert G. Harry Stine and photographed on White Sands desert

"Secrets of Space Flight"
Fawcett How-To Book, Number 298
by Lloyd Mallan
published by Fawcett Publications, 1956
144 pages

Contents

1. Ships That Probe the Unknown
2. Space Medicine Forges Ahead
3. Men, Mammals and Gravity
4. Escape Capsules and Rocket Sleds
5. Developement of the Space Suit
6. Spaceship in the Basement
7. Launch Into the Statosphere
8. Searching Through Space
9. School for Future Space Pilots
10. Checkout in a Rocket Ship
11. Research Rocket Takeoff
12. Engines of Tomorrow
13. Giant Step Into Space
14. From the Mouse to the Moon to Mars
15. Men who Make Spaceflight Possible
16. Flying Saucers Brought Up To Date

Profusely illustrated with photos and diagrams (b/w), topics cover rocket developement, test pilots, space medicine and current developments relating to space flight. Some movie stills from "This Island Earth."

Original price $.75

"The Complete Book of Outer Space" - Online

I was doing a bit of online searching for "The Complete Book of Outer Space", and found a number of hits I'd never came across before.



First off, the book is now mentioned on Wikipedia: "The Complete Book of Outer Space" / Wikipedia

This magazine/book is one of my favorite vintage publications. I still have my old dog-eared copy that my Dad gave me when I was a kid. So this next link may be of benefit to others; the entire contents uploaded on Scribd.com:
"Complete Book of Outer Space" / Scribd.com

Space Beckons

From the book "Worlds in Space"

by Martin Caidin

The Space Ark is Ready

Chesley Bonestell's concept painting of the space ark for the movie When Worlds Collide,
from the Fawcett publication The Mystery of Other Worlds Revealed, 1952

Rockets, Missiles, & Space Travel

Rockets, Missiles, & Space Travel by Willy Ley Third revised edition, 1957

Chapters:

1. The Beginnings of an Idea
2. The Decades of the Great Dreams
3. "The Rockets' Red Glare"
4. Prophets with Some Honor
5. The Battle of the Formulae
6. Success, Failure, and Politics
7. The Return of the war Rocket
8. Peenemunde
9. White Sands
10. The Rocket into Cosmic Space
11. The Shot around the World
12. The Spaceship
    

Pacific Rocket Society

Pacific Rocket Soc.

Date: June 1951
Photographer: Loomis Dean
From the photographers of LIFE magazine

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.

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

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.

Rocket Scientist

Dr. Werner Von Braun with model of rocket rover
Photographer: Ralph Crane
by the photographers of LIFE magazine

Flight to the Moon, Disneyland

1955 Flight to the Moon Attraction, Disneyland, originally uploaded by Miehana.

The TWA Moonliner is undoubtedly the most imposing sight at the Flight to the Moon Exhibit at Tomorrowland, Disneyland, in thos photo dated for 1955.

Launch the story of the TWA Moonliner at Wikipedia, and Rocket to the Moon at Yesterland.

Business-End of the TWA Moonliner

TWA Moonliner Disneyland, originally uploaded by flimflam1500.

The TWA Moonliner at Disneyland, or rather the business end of this rocket mock-up. It looks like the designers based their dummy engine on the V-2's with the steerable direction vanes jutting directly into the rocket exhaust.

Rocket Rider

rocket man, originally uploaded by hastingsgraham.

An astronaut spaceman rides in the cockpit of a Space Patrol Scout Ship on display at the 15th Annual American Toy Fair in New York City. March 10, 1953.

V-2 Launch at White Sands, 1946

Space Race

Space Race, originally uploaded by Space Commander.

Mr. Smith Goes to Venus

Launch Chesley Bonestell's "Mr. Smith Goes to Venus"

Originally published by Coronet magazine, March, 1950

This page contains an article featuring some rarities by the celebrated space artist Chesley Bonestell. As stated by the author: "Bonestell did art for dozens of Hollywood movies, including Destination Moon, When Worlds Collide, and Conquest of Space. [The article] describes a family’s trip to Venus. Bonestell did the art work for the movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, hence the title of the piece."

Special thanks to Resources for Science Fiction Writers for sharing this article.

British Space Rocket 1954

1954-space-rocket, originally uploaded by x-ray delta one.


from The Boy's Book of Jets
London: Thames Publishing Co., 1954

Amazing Stories, Vol. 22, No. 10

Cover painting by James B. Settles, illustrating a scene from "The Brain"

Amazing Stories
Volume 22, Number 10
October, 1948