As anyone who knows me or has visited my home office knows, (where rescued original Douglas, Lockheed, and Aerojet ads from the 1950s and 1960s adorn the walls and beam futuristic optimism from behind protective glass,) I have a deep fascination with the historical presentation of space exploration and space concepts to the public. Mine […]
Read More Iconic space image of the dayA quick note today on a very excellent blog series called Space Suit of the Week. Its weekly contributions feature, unsurprisingly, space suits as they appear in art, culture and history. While entries vary in style from edgy or morbid to fascinating and fun, the posts carry readers on a romp through some of the most identifiable imagery in our collective psyche. It’s quite […]
Read More Space Suit of the WeekA note on a a recently released book – entitled Spacesuits – by Amanda Young with photos by Mark Avino. Released by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the book includes never-before-seen images, plain language history, and gripping tales of the clothing that stood between our first off-world explorers and certain death. A must-have […]
Read More Book Alert: Spacesuits (from Smithsonian)
Chronicles of an Atomic Astrowright 