Explorers in Miranda viewing the banded atmosphere of Uranus
Uranus and its moons
Spaceship approaching Uranus; the squat, rugged landing craft will be detached from the manned spaceship as it approaches the planet.
Conquering the Sun’s Empire
Frederick I. Ordway, III
and Ronald C. Wakeford
Illustrations by Harry H-K Lange
E.P Dutton & Co., 1963
Image source: Numbers Station
The planet Neptune
Spaceship on Triton
Resupply ship on faraway Nereid preparing for take-off to Pluto
Conquering the Sun’s Empire
Frederick I. Ordway, III
and Ronald C. Wakeford
Illustrations by Harry H-K Lange
E.P Dutton & Co., 1963
Image source: Numbers Station
Pluto shadowed against Milky Way galaxy
Ion-propelled spaceship entering into orbit around Pluto
Radio telescope on Pluto studying distant stars
Conquering the Sun’s Empire
Frederick I. Ordway, III
and Ronald C. Wakeford
Illustrations by Harry H-K Lange
E.P Dutton & Co., 1963
Image source: Numbers Station
Interstellar spaceship arriving at an alien Solar System trillions of miles away
6,250 times as great as the distance from Earth to Pluto. To make such astronomical differences comprehensible we can say that the difference between these two distances is like the difference between the circumference of Earth (25,000 miles) and 4 miles.
Conquering the Sun’s Empire
Frederick I. Ordway, III
and Ronald C. Wakeford
Illustrations by Harry H-K Lange
E.P Dutton & Co., 1963
Image source: Numbers Station
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station
Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974
Image credit: Robert McCall
Image source: Numbers Station
Image credit: NASA KSC
Image source: NASA Images
Image credit: NASA KSC
Image source: NASA Images
Image credit: NASA KSC
Image source: NASA Images
Image credit: NASA JSC
Image source: NASA Images
