Black Moon Rising, 1986, artwork by Renato Casaro. Life in the 80s mostly involved stealing high-tech prototype vehicles from your enemies.
Month: May 2020
Blastoff
#LaunchAmerica
All Systems Go
All systems go for Crew Dragon’s test flight with @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug. Teams are keeping an eye on weather. Webcast will go live at ~11:00 a.m. EDT → https://t.co/bJFjLCilmc pic.twitter.com/AXDGNfqv0K
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 30, 2020
Space Shuttle Cockpit
Flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis, back when spaceship cockpits looked cool ? (via popsci.com)
Flying Mile
“At world-record speed, Andy Green’s flying mile went by in just under 4.7 seconds.” (via history.com)
Bypass Common Madness
Bypass Common Madness by Ebon Fisher. (via nervepool.net)
Beyond time… beyond space.
Sexy starship “Nell” makes her debut in Battle Beyond the Stars, 1980.
Enterprise-E
Enterprise-E concept art by John Eaves. (via forgottentrek.com)
Lac Laronge IV
Lac Laronge IV by Frank Stella, 1969. (via detroitartreview.com)
Wilhelm
RIP Richard Herd, 1932-2020.