on back of pressurized suit, gets propulsion from portable rocket motor. Actual helmet will have dark glass to ward off dangerous ultraviolet rays; artist made it light to show face.’
[And the face is, apparently, that of #WillyLey] #RolfKlep

Reading *Collier’s* in the water recovery plant
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
[to be continued: PART 5 of 5]

‘The bottom deck contains a photographic darkroom and part of the system which recovers and purifies waste water.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘The large screen in the celestial observation room enables astronomers to study enlarged photographs taken from the satellite’s tiny sister station, the observatory.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘The electronic computer on the top deck, between the earth observation and celestial observation centers, solves complicated problems.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘Under this, on the center deck, are additional telescopic screens showing other territory (figures over each screen refer to the amount of territory covered by the picture, not to the apparent distance away from the scene).’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘On the top deck is a large moveable map on which “ground zero,” the territory the space station is passing over at the moment, is spotted. Immediately below the map is a telescopic enlargement of ground zero.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘Next door to the communications and weather sections is the earth observation center, occupying two decks.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘Below the communications room, meteorologists chart the weather for the entire earth; on the lowest deck at extreme left is a bunk room.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘At the extreme left of the painting ... on the top deck, is the communications center, which maintains radio contact with the earth, with rocket ships in space, and with the space taxis that carry men from rocket ship to space station.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation

cutting-edge German rocket society - with such members as #HermannOberth, #WillyLey and a young #WernhervonBraun. Another drawing, however, presented, in some detail, a rocket clearly designed for manned space travel, apparently a further development from that Oberth & Ley had ➡️

‘The mercury, emerging as hot vapor in the room below, drives a turbo-generator.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
[essay - and article - to be continued: PART 4 of 5]

‘The trough and pipe in the extreme upper-right corner of the picture are a part of the satellite’s power plant. The trough is polished to catch the rays of the sun; the heat thus obtained is picked up by mercury in the tube.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

‘In the room housing the air-conditioning machinery, the interior wall of the space station’s inner rim is cut away to show the secondary cables and ducts, which furnish power, air and the like, when the main system (right, overhead) fails.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation

‘[This] section is devoted to the handling of cargo. Material arrives from the hub by elevator, and is distributed in accordance with decisions made by the weight control center, which is charged with preserving the station’s balance. ...’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation

‘At the top and bottom of the rotating hub are turrets which can be turned so space taxis can land in the bell-shaped landing berths. The taxi’s body seals the turret shut, and the men move to the space station proper through air locks.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation

space taxi - fuel tanks - air return for air conditioning system
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics

#HermannOberth in Germany. As technical consultants to Lang, Oberth & #WillyLey (Ley to become a famous US expert in the following decades) had actually designed the 2-stage rocket (Goddard’s idea) inside & out. ➡️

In #MARCH 1955
‘Death of the Sun by Willy Ley’
Cover art by Mel Hunter (1927-2004)
*Galaxy Science Fiction*, March 1955
#ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps #spacetravel #spaceship #WillyLey
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #MelHunter

“Man’s Survival in Space” Edited by Cornelius Ryan
‘We can build the rocket ships, but success depends on the most complicated mechanism of them all: the human body’
#spacetravel #spaceprogram #spacemedicine #WernhervonBraun #WillyLey #CorneliusRyan
#astronauts #astronautics

In #FEBRUARY 1957
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‘Between Us and Space Travel by Willy Ley’
Cover of *Galaxy Science Fiction*, February 1957
Cover art by Jack Coggins (1911-2006)
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #spaceart #JackCoggins #spacetravel #WillyLey

#OTD in 1895
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1895 February 9, Bozen (Austria-Hungary)/Bolzano (Italy) - Birth of Max Valier
German/Austrian engineer, founding member - with #HermannOberth, #WillyLey and other luminaries, of the all-important German Rocket Society, the *Verein für Raumschiffahrt* (1927).

The Exploration of Mars | Powell's Books The Legendary Independent Bookstore

time to dig up your Chesley Bonestell....from a time when we hadn't sold (out) our space program to fElon or FJeff.... #mars #vonbraun #willyley #chesleybonestell

(they’re placed there to save space). Also on the outer walls are floodlights to illuminate the dark interior of the chasm. Here, 65 to 100 feet below the surface of the moon, the visitors from the earth spend most of their time during their lunar visit.’
#FredFreeman #WillyLey

Illustrations & text from the complete article, posted at http://www.aiaahouston.org/Horizons/Horizons_2012_11_and_12_high_resolution.pdf

#OTD in 1952
The Lunar Base
From 'Man on the Moon - The Exploration'
#3 in the historic Collier’s series ‘Man Will Conquer Space *Soon*!’ (1951-54):
Willy Ley, “Inside the Lunar Base” Oct. 25, 1952
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Cut-away #illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988)
#WillyLey #FredFreeman

‘The Cover A historic moment: man’s first landing on the moon. The lunar rocket ship is about to touch down; its motors are being turned off, and the shock-absorbing central landing leg, visible inside the rocket flames, is just above the moon’s surface...[ALT]' This view, with the distant earth in the background, was painted by artist Chesley Bonestell from the perspective of a man standing on the lunar north pole. Full a full description of the ship and the trip, turn to page 51. Image from https://www.reddit.com/user/MONDARIZ/?sort=top

‘The sphere will be home to the voyagers not only for the five-day trip, but for several days after, while lunar quarters are being constructed.’
(Cover) illustration by #ChesleyBonestell
👉ALT
#WillyLey #spacetravel #astronauts #astronautics #MoonMission #spacecraft

He’s about to plug the line into the black distributing box, shown on the catwalk between his feet, half hidden by the air-lock tower.’
#FredFreeman #WillyLey #spacetravel #astronauts

‘The space-suited engineer outside the ship’s air lock holds the main power line, which connects with the power-producing solar mirror (off the picture at lower left). ➡️
#FredFreeman #WillyLey #spacetravel #astronauts

‘Below this ring are the brown electric storage batteries and the ship’s air-conditioning and water-cleansing systems. Sewage tanks are under the floor.’
#FredFreeman #WillyLey #spacetravel #astronauts

‘The fourth level down, or stowage deck, houses the main electrical switchboard, storage cupboards and a washroom (next to the stairway).’
#FredFreeman #WillyLey #spacetravel #astronauts