BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: NASA / Art: 50 Years of Exploration (in Gallery 211)

DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: NASA / Art: 50 Years of Exploration (in Gallery 211):

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Description of Pictures: NASA / ART: 50 Years of Exploration
May 28, 2011 – October 10, 2011
Commissioned by the NASA Art Program, 72 works ranging from the illustrative to the abstract communicate the accomplishments, setbacks, and sheer excitement of space exploration over the past five decades. The selected works span the entire history of NASA and include paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, and works in other media by such artists as Annie Leibovitz, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, and Jamie Wyeth.
Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and NASA in cooperation with the National Air and Space Museum.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIAI50_110610_007.JPG: Behind Apollo 11 Norman Rockwell, 1969 The incredible accomplishment of the Moon landing was achieved with the cooperation of thousands of men and women in government, industry, and academia. Norman Rockwell depicts some of them here: the Apollo 11 astronauts, their wives, the back-up crew, scientists, government officials, and launch pad workers.
2. SIAI50_110610_021.JPG: Among the Stars and Angels Zigi Ben Haim, 2006 The lost Columbia crew is remembered with a large triptych laden with symbols surrounding the ghostly outline of the shuttle. Included are flowers to represent Laurel Clark, whose nickname was Flora; a sign on 74th Street in New York, renamed after Kalpana Chawla; and the torn, blurry diary of Ilan Ramon. At the upper right, a constellation of seven stars includes a Star of David for Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut.
3. SIAI50_110610_035.JPG: Challenger in White Greg Mort, 1986 When Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after initial lift-off on January 28, 1986, seven men and women perished, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. Greg Mort created a somber visual elegy to the shuttle and its crew. The shuttle is covered with a lace cloth that envelops the orbiter as smoke did when the tragedy occurred. The subtle monochromatic shades create a reverential tribute to a brave group of explorers.
4. SIAI50_110610_046.JPG: NASA Rover Mars Pink Stephen Sprouse, 1999 The Mars Pathfinder Mission inspired a line of clothing by Stephen Sprouse, who used the imagery of the Sojourner rover to create this dress. His 2000 show for fashion week in New York City included pairs of 3-D glasses, allowing viewers to experience the images of the fabric in three dimensions.
5. SIAI50_110610_058.JPG: Power Paul Calle, 1963 The Atlas launch vehicle, producing 360,000 pounds of thrust, lifts the last Mercury astronaut, Gordon Cooper, into Earth orbit for a 34-hour flight on may 15, 1963 -- at the time, an American long-duration record. Power's artist, Paul Calle, was one of the first artists selected for the NASA Art Program.
6. SIAI50_110610_064.JPG: Predawn Peter Hurd, 1963 Launch crews worked through the night to prepare the spacecraft and its booster rocket for flight. This is Launch Complex 14 with Mercury-Atlas 9. Using a battery-powered lamp, Peter Hurd painted this night view from a field just outside the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
7. SIAI50_110610_070.JPG: Paul Calle The Moment, 1963 The last launch of a one-man Mercury spacecraft took place on May 15, 1963. Paul Calle, in the audience at Cape Canaveral, Florida, created this on-the-spot drawing of "the moment" of lift-off.
8. SIAI50_110610_078.JPG: Lamar Dodd Watching (CBS Camera Set-up), 1963 Thousands of cameras fed images of the launch of Mercury's last manned flight to audiences around the world. Lamar Dodd was fascinated by this media attention and the variety of equipment assembled at the press site, including the CBS camera was its "eye" logo.
9. SIAI50_110610_085.JPG: Robert Shore Pre-flight, 1963 Robert Shore helped document the last flight in the Mercury program in May 1963. This drawing shows astronaut Gordon Cooper in the cramped environment of his Mercury spacecraft, Faith 7. Cooper remained in this position for 22 orbits.
10. SIAI50_110610_091.JPG: Robert T McCall Stormy Recovery, 1965 The Gemini 5 crew, Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, rest in a life raft beside their spacecraft waiting for the recovery helicopter. Their Earth orbital mission in August 1965 was the longest manned flight to date -- just under eight days. Robert T McCall documented the return of the crew from aboard the recovery ship USS Lake Champlain.
11. SIAI50_110610_097.JPG: Norman Rockwell Grissom and Young, 1965 Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom are suited up for the first flight of the Gemini program in March 1965. NASA loaned Norman Rockwell a Gemini spacesuit in order to make this painting as accurate as possible.
12. SIAI50_110610_111.JPG: Mitchell Jamieson Ladders, 1964 Mitchell Jamieson captures the magical quiet of nighttime launch activities, as preparations continue for the 1964 launch of a Saturn 1B booster. The gantry on the left, then the biggest structure on wheels ever built, rolled back at launch time to reveal the 224-foot-tall rocket.
13. SIAI50_110610_116.JPG: Paul Calle Gemini Spacecraft, c 1966
14. SIAI50_110610_124.JPG: Paul Calle Gemini Astronaut Recovery, 1965 Gemini astronaut Frank Borman is hoisted to a recovery helicopter after completion of a long-duration flight in December 1965.
15. SIAI50_110610_131.JPG: Franklin McMahon Tilt, 1965 When a flight was completed and the astronauts safely aboard the recovery ship, NASA doctors would conduct an exhaustive medical examination. Franklin McMahon spent hours in the examination room studying and sketching the equipment to be used when the astronauts arrived.
16. SIAI50_110610_137.JPG: James Wyeth Gemini Launch Pad 1965, 1965 In the early days of manned spaceflight, technicians responsible for a launch worked in a domed, concrete-reinforced blockhouse, protected from accidental explosions. Although surrounded by cutting-edge technology, the technicians relied on a bicycle for check-up trips to the launch pad.
17. SIAI50_110610_146.JPG: Franklin McMahon Red Carpet, 1965 Gemini 4 astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White are given a red carpet reception aboard the recovery aircraft carrier. Their spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean on June 7, 1965, after a four-day flight during which White became the first American to walk in space.
18. SIAI50_110610_154.JPG: Dawn on Pad A William Thon, 1969 William Thon captures the moment on July 16, 1969, as the Apollo 11 spacecraft and its three-man crew wait for the launch that will start them on their journey to the Moon.
19. SIAI50_110610_158.JPG: Lamar Dodd The Mating Room, 1969 Lamar Dodd was invited into the surgically clean white room at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to see the Lunar Module Eagle being readied for its historic journey to the Moon. Here, the gold and white Lunar Module descent stage used to lower spacecraft to the Moon's surface is prepared to be joined, or mated, with the ascent stage.
20. SIAI50_110610_166.JPG: Dong Kingman Higher, Faster, and Farther, 1968 Mankind has always dreamed of flying higher, faster, and farther. Dong Kingman shows various forms of early flight against a backdrop of a launch complex moments before lift-off.
21. SIAI50_110610_185.JPG: Inside VAB Nicholas Solovioff, 1968 The Saturn-Apollo launch vehicles were prepared for flight within the vast Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). When built, the VAB was considered to be the largest building in the world in volume, so vast that the United Nations headquarters could pass through its doors. Nicholas Solovioff painted this watercolor while sitting on the floor of the VAB, a perspective that enhances its size.
22. SIAI50_110610_193.JPG: The New Olympus Alden Wicks, 1964 From the beginning, NASA has drawn upon classical mythology in naming its programs, choosing names like Mercury and Gemini. Here, Alden Wicks pictures the god Apollo in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Thunderstorms rage inside the enormous building while Zeus, in the guise of a swan, pursues Leda -- a union that would result in the birth of Castor and Pollux, the Gemini twins.
23. SIAI50_110610_207.JPG: Peter Hurd Skylab, 1973 Peter Hurd participated in the early days of the NASA Art Program, documenting the last Mercury flight. He returned ten years later to record the launch of Skylab, a rocket modified to allow astronauts to live and work in orbit. The three separate crews of Skylab astronauts arrived via Apollo command modules.
24. SIAI50_110610_215.JPG: Tom Sachs Glove TMG -- Right Hand, 2007
25. SIAI50_110610_227.JPG: Chakaia Booker Columbia Tribute, 2006 Chakaia Booker used rubber, her signature medium, to commemorate the Columbia crew. Pieces of a space shuttle tire that NASA donated to Booker are incorporated into the work. The resulting sculpture resembles a black star, reflecting mournfully upon February 1, 2003, when Columbia suffered an aerodynamic break-up during reentry.
26. SIAI50_110610_234.JPG: Wheel of Optimism EV Day, 2006 When artist EV Day visited NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to learn about the Mars Exploration Rovers, her host scientists gave her a sample rover wheel. Day created a Martial world within the wheel, complete with plant life, rocks, and a Martian landscape in the background. Day creatively grapples with the age-old question of whether life on Mars is science fact or science fiction.
27. SIAI50_110610_246.JPG: Daniel Zeller Titan, 2006 The basis of Daniel Zeller's drawing is the intricate surface of Saturn's moon Titan, as recorded by the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini arrived at Saturn in July 2004 after a seven-year voyage, beginning a four-year mission.
28. SIAI50_110610_254.JPG: Ren Wicks Mission to Mars, 1990 When Ren Wicks set out to depict the first human mission to Mars, he chose to place the event in 2019. In the foreground, astronauts conduct scientific observations, recording wind speed and planetary features. A dust storm approaches the cratered area near the landing site, and the Martian moons are visible in the sky.
29. SIAI50_110610_272.JPG: Nathan Greene Preparing the Gamma Ray Observatory, 1992 The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory is hoisted to a test cell in the Vertical Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. It was launched via Space Shuttle Atlantis on April 5, 1991, into an orbit 280 miles above Earth, and operated for nearly a decade.
30. SIAI50_110610_284.JPG: Chip and Batty Explore Space William Wegman, 2001 William Wegman's signature Weimaraners pose as astronauts. One peers out of a space station while the other conducts a spacewalk. NASA loaned Wegman a model of a spacesuit to use in his work.
31. SIAI50_110610_290.JPG: Imaging to the Edge of Space and Time James Cunningham, 1990 James Cunningham's painting alludes to the optics of Hubble Space Telescope. The expanding rings -- echoing the shape of primary and secondary telescope mirrors -- portray the evolution of the universe as it expands from the first instant of the Big Bang to normal space and time. The artist was inspired by Hubble's launch aboard Discovery in April 1990.
32. SIAI50_110610_300.JPG: A New Frontier Keith Duncan, 2001 Keith Duncan depicts the International Space Station in an allegorical context. Mythological figures Icarus and Daedalus -- men who gave themselves wings -- hover angelically over Earth, while astronauts and space stations float beneath a canopy of sunbeams.
33. SIAI50_110610_308.JPG: Satellite in Space Lonny Schiff, 1989 The International Space Station is rendered as a satellite in space. Colored bars represent the space station's construction frame floating above the blue sky and clouds of Earth. Its construction is a feat of international cooperation: sixteen countries and five space agencies are involved in building the enormous, 925,000-pound outpost.
34. SIAI50_110610_314.JPG: Indian Science Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, 2004 Jaune Smith employs Native American symbolism to honor John Bennett Herrington, the first native American astronaut. A traditional cut-wing dress represents the floating Earth, which "gives birth to all living things." Smith also includes a black swallowtail caterpillar, flower, beetle, buffalo, and astronaut, which, she says, "are all made of the same stardust." The colors of the four circles represent the cardinal directions of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the artist's Native nation.
35. SIAI50_110610_335.JPG: Mars Surface Glider Kahn + Selesnick, 2007 Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick create a whimsical depiction of life on the red planet. The Mars man in their manipulated photo is part Icarus, part bird, and perhaps part alien.
36. SIAI50_110610_340.JPG: Liftoff at 15 Seconds Jack Perlmutter, 1982 Space Shuttle Columbia rises from Kennedy Space Center on its third flight into space, on March 22, 1982. Jack Permutter infuses the painting with color: green earth, red fire, and blue sky.
37. SIAI50_110610_349.JPG: Servicing Hubble John Solie, 1995 John Solie depicts repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1993. Space Shuttle Endeavour mission specialist Kathryn Thornton releases a defective solar panel into space as another astronaut performs duties in the cargo bay. The solar array and the wide-field planetary camera were some of the major units serviced during the mission.
38. SIAI50_110610_364.JPG: Martin Hoffman Sunrise Suit-Up, 1988 Martin Hoffman captures astronaut suit-up in a wholly original way -- through the television screens in the media area at the Kennedy Space Center. The launch pad can be seen in the distance beyond Banana River. It is one moment of calm before the frenzy of launch activity.
39. SIAI50_110610_371.JPG: Nathan Greene STS-49, Post Landing Convoy Operations, 1992 Space Shuttle Endeavour landed on May 16, 1992, with Nathan Greene there to witness the operations. Greene depicts convoy teams servicing the orbiter upon return, including the ground crew hooking up coolant lines (left) and purge lines (right).
40. SIAI50_110610_392.JPG: Robert Schulman After Touchdown, 1982 A serene moment follows the hubbub of the Space Shuttle Columbia landing. The thousands of spectators have left the landing site. All that remains are myriad footprints and the heavy tire tracks of the orbiter.
41. SIAI50_110610_400.JPG: James Dean Shuttle Flowers, 1982 Fields of flowers grow around a launch complex at the Kennedy Space center, where Columbia was readied for its fourth flight, in June 1982. The center sits on a Florida wildlife refuge populated by bald eagles, manatees, and alligators.
42. SIAI50_110610_409.JPG: Tina York Fluid Dynamics, 1995 Tina York graphically depicts the principles of fluid dynamics, which includes the movement of gases as a solid body passes through them. York researched this concept at California's NASA Ames Research Center while participating in the NASA Art Program.
43. SIAI50_110610_419.JPG: Stan Stokes X-15, 1986 An experimental aircraft of the 1960s, the X-15 is considered one of the most successful aircraft in NASA's history. The rocket-powered vehicle soared to altitudes of more than 300,000 feet and speeds in excess of 4,500 miles per hour. It completed nearly 200 flights during its testing between 1959 and 1968.
44. SIAI50_110610_429.JPG: Ren Wicks XB-70, 1986 Pilots at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California helped test the Air Force's prototype bombers. One of these, the XB-70, tested in the early 1960s, was the world's largest experimental aircraft. Capable of flying at speeds of 2,000 miles per hour, the aircraft was 190 feet long and had a wingspan of 105 feet.
45. SIAI50_110610_438.JPG: Clayton Pond Strange Encounter for the First Time, 1981 Clayton Pond juxtaposes reality with science fiction as the Space Shuttle Enterprise approaches the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek. Whether the space shuttle was really named after the Star Trek spaceship is still disputed.
46. SIAI50_110610_444.JPG: Chrystal Jackson Moon Hut, 1966 In 1966, Cocoa Beach's proximity to Cape Canaveral made it a gathering place for "space tourists" from around the world. Space-themed motels and restaurants like the Moon Hut lined the main highway through this beachfront community. Chrystal Jackson spent more than a month recording this aspect of the space program's impact on the nearby area.
47. SIAI50_110610_451.JPG: Nam June Paik Commemorating Apollo 11, 1999 Nam June Paik paid homage to the 30th anniversary of Apollo 11 by infusing his drawing with symbols relating to his own life. Monuments of New York, Paris, and Seoul represent Paik's homes. The names of media broadcasters denote the worldwide impact of the Apollo 11 mission. Other references are made to flight (a bird), exploration (rocket and planets), and culture (novelist George Orwell).
48. SIAI50_110610_458.JPG: Andy Warhol Moonwalk (1), 1987 Images from the Apollo 11 landing have become indelible marks on the nation's consciousness. Andy Warhol took perhaps the most iconic of these, Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, and put it into the context of the swinging '60s by adding neon colors to the flag and spacesuit.
49. SIAI50_110610_464.JPG: Robert T McCall Apollo 8 Coming Home, 1969 Human eyes directly observed the far side of the Moon for the first time on Christmas Eve 1968. Robert McCall imagines the sight of the rocket engine firing to propel the spacecraft out of lunar orbit for its return to Earth.
50. SIAI50_110610_474.JPG: Paul Arlt Big Dish Antenna, Tananarive, 1966 To maintain contact with Earth-orbiting spacecraft, it was necessary for NASA to establish communication stations around the world. This large antenna in Tananarive, Madagascar, was part of the worldwide tracking network.
51. SIAI50_110610_487.JPG: Robert Vickrey Points of Perspective, 1969 A workman inspects the inclined surface of the launch pad for blast damage after the liftoff of Apollo 12, November 24, 1969. The medium of egg tempera used here is an ancient technique dating to the 14th century, yet it suits the space age landscapes of the Kennedy Space Center.
52. SIAI50_110610_499.JPG: Mitchell Jamieson First Look, 1969 With Apollo 11, a human set foot on another celestial body for the first time. Mitchell Jamieson, awaiting the return of the Moon explorers aboard a recovery ship, followed every detail of the mission through special communications arranged by NASA. The drawing captures his own feelings of awe, depicting a face staring in wonder at the opening universe.
53. SIAI50_110610_512.JPG: Paul Calle Mike Collins, 1969 Paul Calle was the only artist with the Apollo 11 astronauts in the early morning hours of July 16, 1969, when they put on their spacesuits in preparation for the historic journey to land on the Moon. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot on this flight, would later become Assistant Secretary of State, Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
54. SIAI50_110610_518.JPG: Theodore Hancock The Sounds of Engines, 1964 Saturn 5 rocket engines were designed, built, and tested at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Periodic engine test firings sent noise and shockwaves across the countryside.
55. SIAI50_110610_529.JPG: Flight Rehearsal Nicholas Solovioff, 1968 The Apollo Command Module Simulator is an assemblage of television cameras, lenses, and scale models enclosed in what appears to be a jumble of boxes. A staircase leads up to an exact copy of the interior of the Command Module. This system gives astronauts in the simulator a precise facsimile of the module for their planned flight to the Moon.
56. SIAI50_110610_542.JPG: Lowell Nesbitt VAB Bay, 1969 The Saturn 5 launch vehicle is surrounded by specially shaped work platforms in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center. The platforms fit snugly around the launch vehicle, providing work areas for technicians.
57. SIAI50_110610_546.JPG: Mitchell Jamieson First Steps, 1963 In a silver-colored spacesuit, astronaut Gordon Cooper steps away from his Mercury spacecraft and into the bright sunlight on the deck of the recovery ship after 22 orbits of Earth. Mitchell Jamieson documented Cooper's recovery and medical examination and accompanied him back to Cape Canaveral.
58. SIAI50_110610_555.JPG: Russell Crotty Mars Part 1, 2000 The Mars Global Surveyor began orbiting mars in 1997. The images it has sent back to Earth have increased human knowledge of mars and intrigued scientists with signs of the possible existence of water in the planet's history. Russell Crotty painstakingly recreated a Martian terrain inspired by imagery from the spacecraft.
59. SIAI50_110610_564.JPG: Moby Life on Mars, 2007 Singer/artist Moby depicts a space community on Mars, including a spaceship, spacemen, and a space dog.
60. SIAI50_110610_581.JPG: Robert Rauschenberg Sky Garden, 1969 At seven and a half feet long, this work, a kaleidoscope of images from the Kennedy Space Center, is believed to be the largest hand-pulled lithograph printed at the time. It is part of Robert Rauschenberg's "Stoned Moon Series," 30 lithographs that he produced after the first manned landing on the Moon.
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- 2015_DC_SIAIR_Outside: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity (in Gallery 211) (35 photos from 2015)
- 2015_DC_SIAIR_Elephant: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Why Is This Elephant In This Room? (10 photos from 2015)
- 2015_DC_SIAIR_Airport_Tower: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Art of the Airport Tower (in Gallery 104) (49 photos from 2015)
- 2015_DC_SIAIR_Above: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Above and Beyond (in Gallery 211) (54 photos from 2015)
- 2014_DC_SIAIR_Hawaii: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: Hawaii By Air (in Gallery 104) (64 photos from 2014)
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2011 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs camera as well as two Nikon models -- the D90 and the new D7000. Mostly a toy, I also purchased a Fuji Real 3-D W3 camera, to try out 3-D photographs. I found it interesting although I don't see any real use for 3-D stills now. Given that many of the photos from the 1860s were in 3-D (including some of the more famous Civil War shots), it's odd to see it coming back. Trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences (Savannah, GA, Chattanooga, TN), New Jersey over Memorial Day for my birthday (people never seem to visit New Jersey -- it's always just a pit stop on the way to New York. I thought I might as well spend a few days there. Despite some nice places, it still ended up a pit stop for me -- New York City was infinitely more interesting), my 6th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco). Ego strokes: Author photos that I took were used on two book jackets this year: Jason Emerson's book "The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow As Revealed by Her Own Letters" and Dennis L. Noble's "The U.S. Coast Guard's War on Human Smuggling." I also had a photo of Jason Stelter published in the Washington Examiner and a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post. Number of photos taken this year: just over 390,000.
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