Tag: SAIC

Lunar Rendezvous

S92-49970

S92-49970 (February 1992) — (Artist’s concept of possible exploration programs.( Passing from sunlight into the Earth-lit shadow of the Moon, a nuclear thermal transfer vehicle prepares to dock with a lunar lander. Using a building block approach, a Mars transfer vehicle could be constructed from components common to the lunar stage. Artwork by Pat Rawlings, of SAIC.

Image credit: NASA
Image source: National Johnson

S95-01072

S89-20088

S95-01072 (January 1995) — This artwork is part of a series of depiction’s of proposed projects involving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Lunar Discovery Orbiter (LDO) is depicted skimming just 20 kilometers over the lunar surface as it approaches Amundsen, a large terraced crater near the Moon’s south pole. Shadows in the crater and in nearby areas may conceal deposits of ice permanently shadowed from the Sun’s rays but quantifiable with LDO’s instruments. LDO is expected to accomplish the first high-resolution global survey of the Moon. Developed by the University of Arizona, the Boeing Defense and Space Group and NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, Texas, this mission addresses the fundamental questions in lunar and planetary science and prepares for future exploration and use of the Moon. This artwork is a painting done by Pat Rawlings, of SAIC, for NASA.

Image credit: NASA
Image source: NASA Johnson