Saturn seen from its satellite Midas
Saturn with its rings seen edge on
Spaceship explores the rings of Saturn
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
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
Image credit: NASA Marshall
Image source: SDASM Archives
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
This is what an artist envisioned the Solar Power Satellite would look like. Shown is the assembly of a microwave transmission antenna. The solar power satellite was to be located in a geosynchronous orbit, 36,000 miles above the Earth’s surface.
Image credit: NASA
Image source: NASA on The Commons
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
