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S89-25056 (January 1989) — This is an artist’s concept depicting a possible scene of astronauts walking on Mars during a dust storm. The artwork was part of a NASA new initiatives study which surveyed possible future manned planetary expeditionary activity. Scientists and researchers involved in the study, realizing that a hostile environment will confront long-distance space travelers, note the requirement of highly specialized technologies and systems, e.g., the durable type suits, depicted here, for protection against the dust storm. This painting was done by Paul DiMare.

NASA Identifier: HSF-photo-s89_25056

Image credit: NASA
Image source: DVIDS

Rendezvous in Space (1964)

If you were lucky enough to attend the New York 1964 World’s Fair, one of the treats was a documentary film presentation at the Science Pavilion. Rendezvous in Space, a film about the future of space exploration was directed by Frank Capra, and features a cast of notable Hollywood voice actors including Mel Blanc, June Foray, and Alan Reed. You can watch the complete film here.

At this point, the screen goes black with only audio, as the audience’s gaze is directed above to the full-sized models of the Space Taxi docking with the station, which would have looked something like this:

I imagine it was quite the spectacle. Anyway, after that it’s time for home.

Image credit: Martin Marietta
Image source: Numbers Station