The Ferry Rocket

Von Braun’s rocket ship design. Tall as a 24-story building, it will weight 7,000 tons and have a 65-foot base.

Man will Conquer Space Soon
Collier’s, March 22, 1953

Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston

Who Owns the Universe?

Mars, at its closest 35,000,000 miles from Earth, as seen from its outer moon Deimos, where man could land before going on to the planet.

Man will Conquer Space Soon
Collier’s, March 22, 1953

Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston

PEP

NASA Spinoff – 1982

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Internet Archive

Construction In Space

NASA Spinoff – 1982

Image credit: NASA
Image source: Internet Archive

Frank Tinsley

These dramatic renderings by Frank Tinsley were used in a series of print advertisements by the American Bosch ARMA corporation.

  1. Atomic Pulse Rocket
  2. Breaking a Space Traffic Jam
  3. Escape In Space
  4. Mars Snooper
  5. Assembling a station in space
  6. Lunar Unicycle
  7. Nuclear Rocketship
  8. Cosmic Butterfly

An amazing 3D rendering of the Lunar Unicycle by Nick Stevens can be found: here.

Image credit: ARMA
Image source: Internet Archive