RARE Set of 10 LARGE 1960's Official NASA Posters Space Art Famous Artists

Description: RARE Set of 10 LARGE1960's Official NASA Posters Space Art Famous Artists You are bidding on a ten poster set, on heavy stock paper, in original tube, posters are 30" by 40"These posters were photographed and lost some of their color with nmy camera flash, they look better in person than from my pictures. If you see some small black lines that show on the posters, these are from my camera lens, they are not on the poster.This poster set came from the estate of Jeanette Piccard, famous American female Balloonist, considered to be first woman in space, when she entered the stratosphere in a balloon in 1934.This poster set came out of the mailing tube sent from NASA. Jeannette was a national spokesperson for NASA in the 1960's. She most likely used these in the classroom at the University or as a as a display when she was traveling and speaking. Jeanette was an Aerospace Professor at the University of Minnesota.Condition:In overall very nice condition for posters this large, having being stored in the tube when not used.There is some light toning in border areas to be expected with 50 years of age. There are some small nicks and tears on edges here and there. All Posters have been taped on the top edge with two heavy pieces of tape on each side, they go in from the top edge about 5/8", all roughly 3 1/2" long. Poster #1 has some additional cellophane tape on top edge, and has a has a 1" by 1" piece top edge that was torn away but not off, it was tape don the back side. Poster #9 has a 2" tear. 1st poster says:The paintings and drawings shown in this set of posters are the work of American artists who have been asked by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to record the events in the nation's program for the peaceful exploration of space. This is not the forst time that artists have been asked to record history. The explorers of the seventeenth century, US Civil War magazine editors and official American historians of both world wars called on artists for help. NASA has the significant advantage of being able to pinpoint almost exactly when and where history will be made. This exhibition then is history, history seen and interpreted, with the unique insight of the artist.Each artwork is numbered and has a corresponding key with a artist name, info about the artwork on the poster.1. Liquid Fuel (By Paul Sample)The Saturn complex, as alive by day and night, is characteristic of the round-the-clock activity which precedes a launch2. Orbital Preperation(By Paul Hurd) Pad 14, the night before Gordon Cooper's 22-orbit flight, which completed project Mercury3.Support(By Jamie Wyeth) Astronauts McDivitt and White's Gemini 4, as viewed from high on a neighboring Saturn gantry.4. Waiting- (By Jamie Wyeth) The long low scrub-dotted skyline of Cape Kennedy gives away to the vertical structures of the space age. 5. South Along The Shore- (By Alfred McAdams).6. On The Beach- (By George Weymouth).7. First Light- (By John McCoy) The world watched as dawn came to Pad 14, Cape Kennedy, May 15, 1963 the day of Gorden Coopers Mercury orbital flight. 8. Gemini Astronauts John Young And Virgil Grissom- (By Norman Rockwell) The first pair of Gemini astronauts, suiting up prior to the first manned Gemini orbital flight. (Commissioned by LOOK Magazine. Copyright 1965 by Cowles Communication Inc.) 9. White Room- (By Lamar Dodd) While countdown continues on the Launch Pad, a backup Mercury spacecraft is readied in the Hangar "S" White Room.10. Launch Safety- (By Paul Calle) The condition of spacecraft and launch vehicle is carefully monitored by this array of antennas during the first critical moments of lift off. 11. Escape Tower- (By Robert McCall) From the deck above the Pad 14 White Room, the escape rockets attached to the Mercury spacecraft can be seen against the Florida coastline. 12. Power- (By Paul Calle) 368,000 pounds of thrust push a Mercury spacecraft into orbital flight. 13. Flight Check- (By Robert Shore) Astronaut Cooper inside "Faith 7" spacecraft. 14. Weightless- (By Robert Shore) All U.S. astronauts have found weightlessness to be a very pleasant sensation. 15. Tracking- (By Peter Hurd) An antenna is poised and ready at Cape Kennedy to monitor a Mercury flight. 16. Listening- (By Lamar Dodd) Antennas of many shapes, sizes, and functions dot the spaceport along the coastline. 17. Orbit Number 1- (By Franklin McMahon) Keeping tabs on the progress of the Gemini spacecraft through the worldwide tracking network. 18. First Sighting- (By Mitchell Jamieson) The flight deck of the recovery aircraft is a scene of intense excitement as the spacecraft's striped parachute is spotted. 19. Pacific Recovery- (By Mitchell Jamieson) Navy frogmen prepare to secure the spacecraft, "Faith 7" as it floats with Astronaut Cooper waiting patiently inside.20. Afterthoughts- (By Mitchell Jamieson) Astronaut Cooper sits quietly aboard the recovery ship after his 22-orbit flight. 21. Red Carpet- (By Franklin McMahon) Astronauts McDivitt and White are welcomed aboard the USS Wasp after the Gemini IV mission, during which an American astronaut left his spacecraft and became a human satellite in the vacuum of space. 22. Ladders- (By Mitchell Jamieson) A launch crew works late into the night preparing the Saturn rocket for lift-off. 23. Deflector- (By Alfred McAdams) The yellow flame deflector is in place below the white fins of Saturn ready to spread the fiery exhaust at lift-off. 24. South From Saturn- (by Paul Sample) The line of gantries stretches south along the Atlantic beach at Cape Kennedy.25. Faster, Higher, Farther- (Dong Kingman) The desire to travel faster, higher, and farther has led to man's progress from lighter-than-air balloons to the huge Saturn rocket.26. Saturn Apollo- (By Robert McCall) A look into the future to the day when the crawler, with a 362-foot Saturn V moon rocket aboard leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Kennedy. 27. The Steel Belief- (By Hugh Landman) The Vehicle Assembly Building is the world's largest building and will be used to prepare the Saturn V moon rocket for lunar flight. Jeannette Ridlon Piccard (January 5, 1895 – May 17, 1981) was an American high-altitude balloonist She held the women's altitude record for nearly three decades, and according to several contemporaneous accounts was regarded as the first woman in space. She was the first licensed female balloon pilot in the U.S., and the first woman to fly to the stratosphere. Accompanied by her husband, Jeana member of the Piccard family of balloonists and the twin brother of Auguste Piccardshe reached a height of 10.9 miles (17.5 km) during a record-breaking flight over Lake Erie on October 23, 1934, retaining control of the balloon for the entire flight. After her husband's death in 1963, Jeanette worked as a consultant to the director of NASA's Johnson Space Center for several years, talking to the public about NASA's work, and was posthumously inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1998.PLEASE NOTE: The last photo shown in this lot is the label on the mailing tube that these posters were sent in to Jeanette Piccard. This set comes with the tube, to preserve the tube, tube will be sent secured in a box. Please email with any specific questions prior to bidding.International bidders please inquire for a shipping quote, this item will be sent Global Express Mail.Posters are Guaranteed Old & Original.

Price: 999.99 USD

Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota

End Time: 2023-11-15T00:43:42.000Z

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