‘LEAVING THE ROCKET, the travelers become the first men ever to set foot on a foreign world. The bulky, cumbersome-looking equipment they carry, which would weigh hundreds of pounds on the earth, is a light burden here where gravity is so weak. ...’
#NoelSickles #RocketToTheMoon
Each man has a small, automatic camera attached to his chest & carries tanks full of compressed oxygen & helium for breathing.’
#NoelSickles #spacesuits #moonlanding #lunarexploration
‘LANDING ON THE MOON, the rocket is turned completely around by its gyro controls until its exhaust points straight down to brake its fall. ...the #spaceship is drawn slowly downward to an easy landing by the pull of the moon’s gravity.’
#NoelSickles #moonlanding
‘300 MILES UP the rocket turns...’
‘TAIL SECTION IS JETTISONED when the fuel it carried (which brought rocket to escape velocity) is exhausted. ...’
‘APPROACHING THE MOON crewmen get first close look at earth’s satellite. ...’
#NoelSickles #spacetravel
‘INSIDE CABIN ... The men are specially selected, young, in top physical condition and trained to act as reliable scientific observers. Their 10-foot wide, rubber-lined cabin is crammed with radar and other electronic navigational apparatus...'
#NoelSickles #astronauts
‘FIRST MANNED #ROCKET may look very much like the imaginary spaceship shown above - a 200-foot, 2-stage rocket made of polished steel to reduce friction & reflect sun’s rays. ...huge craft rises slowly from the ground, its exhaust blasting downward...’
#NoelSickles #RocketLaunch
#OTD in 1949
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‘Resort fashions’
Cover of LIFE, January 17, 1949
#womensfashion
With article “Rocket to the Moon”, the mission illustrated by Noel Sickles (1910-1982)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NoelSickles #RocketToTheMoon #MoonMission
Scorchy Smith's Noel Sickles providing a beautiful pastoral scene that will surely get you thinking about spark plugs
#comics #comicart #illustration #noelsickles
‘LEAVING THE ROCKET, the travelers become the first men ever to set foot on a foreign world. The bulky, cumbersome-looking equipment they carry, which would weigh hundreds of pounds on the earth, is a light burden here where gravity is so weak. ...’
#NoelSickles #RocketToTheMoon
Each man has a small, automatic camera attached to his chest & carries tanks full of compressed oxygen & helium for breathing.’
#NoelSickles #spacesuits #moonlanding #lunarexploration
‘LANDING ON THE MOON, the rocket is turned completely around by its gyro controls until its exhaust points straight down to brake its fall. ...the #spaceship is drawn slowly downward to an easy landing by the pull of the moon’s gravity.’
#NoelSickles #moonlanding
‘300 MILES UP the rocket turns...’
‘TAIL SECTION IS JETTISONED when the fuel it carried (which brought rocket to escape velocity) is exhausted. ...’
‘APPROACHING THE MOON crewmen get first close look at earth’s satellite. ...’
#NoelSickles #spacetravel
‘INSIDE CABIN ... The men are specially selected, young, in top physical condition and trained to act as reliable scientific observers. Their 10-foot wide, rubber-lined cabin is crammed with radar and other electronic navigational apparatus...'
#NoelSickles #astronauts
‘FIRST MANNED #ROCKET may look very much like the imaginary spaceship shown above - a 200-foot, 2-stage rocket made of polished steel to reduce friction & reflect sun’s rays. ...huge craft rises slowly from the ground, its exhaust blasting downward...’
#NoelSickles #RocketLaunch
#OTD in 1949
👇🧵
‘Resort fashions’
Cover of LIFE, January 17, 1949
#womensfashion
With article “Rocket to the Moon”, the mission illustrated by Noel Sickles (1910-1982)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NoelSickles #RocketToTheMoon #MoonMission
