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C NAME TITLE and DESCRIPTION ARTWORKChris Calle TITLE: "Check-out Simulation," pencil drawing Astronaut Paul Weitz checks out a contingency procedure for removing a jammed outer door of the Space Shuttle scientific airlock. The exercise took place in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. September 8, 1977. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 23" x 29"
Chris Calle TITLE: "At Work in Space," pencil drawing Astronaut Donald H. Peterson, mission specialist busies himself near the base of the airborne support equipment (ASE) for the vacated inertial upper stage (IUS) during extravehicular activity (EVA) on Day 4 of the Challenger's inaugural flight in space. STS-6, April 7, 1982. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 23" x 29"
Paul Calle TITLE: "Command Destruct Center," ink and watercolor on paper (NASA Art Program) Art size: 35" x 28"
Peter Campbell TITLE: "Voyage to Venus - STS-30," acrylic In this surrealistic painting, the artist depicts Atlantis on the launch pad waiting for liftoff The Space Shuttle for the first time deployed the Magellan Venus exploration spacecraft scheduled to reach Venus in August 1990. Atlantis lifted off on May 4, 1989 and landed May 8 on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 40" x 30"
Michael Carroll TITLE: "Discovery at Sunset," acrylic Discovery sits on the launch pad at sunset waiting to carry the Hubble Space Telescope into space. The STS-31 mission lifted off on April 24, 1990. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 24" x 36"
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Henry Casselli TITLE: "Technician Working on Suit," pencil and watercolor wash Space Shuttle Mission Simulation, JSC, June 1980. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 18" x 23"
Henry Casselli TITLE: "Forty Pounds of Lead" Space Shuttle Mission Simulations, JSC, June 1980
Henry Casselli TITLE: "Snoopy Cap," watercolor sketch watercolor sketch of astronaut John Young by artist Henry Casselli during suit-up for the First Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Kennedy Space Center, April 12, 1981. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 17" x 22"
Henry Casselli TITLE: "When Thoughts Turn Inward," watercolor painting Shows astronaut John Young during suit-up for the First Launch of America's Space Shuttle Columbia. Kennedy Space Center, April 12, 1981. (NASA Art Program)
Henry Casselli TITLE: "Waiting," watercolor study watercolor study of astronaut John Young as he waits to board the Columbia for America's first launch of the Space Shuttle. Kennedy Space Center, April 12, 1981. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 26-1/2" x 32"
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Karen Chandler TITLE: "Twilight on the Cape," oil The Space Shuttle sits on the launch pad waiting for lift-off to deploy the Magellan spacecraft. Atlantis, STS-30, was launched on May 4, 1989. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 27" x 56"
Karen Chandler TITLE: "Forever on the Moon," oil In this painting, a panorama of lunar history is captured depicting the last site of man on the moon. Apollo 17 was the last mission to the moon. Arriving on the lunar module "Challenger", Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt explored the planes of the Taurus-Littrow landing site, while Ronald Evans remained with Apollo 17 command and service module in lunar orbit. The instruments and experiments in this painting along with the footsteps of the men who left them mark the end of an era in the history of space flight. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 42" x 72"
Karen Chandler TITLE: "After Images," oil on masonite From the artist's unique vantage point in one of the Space Shuttle recovery convoys, she has effectively portrayed the images associated with these convoys. Their primary functions are to provide immediate service to the Shuttle orbiter after landing, prepare the orbiter for towing, assist crew egress and tow the orbiter to the deservicing area. The artist was on site at the landing of the Magellan mission, STS-30, May 6-8, 1989. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 27" x 56"
Daniel Chard TITLE: "Kennedy Space Center - June 1984," acrylic From the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), one can see a wide spans of the landscape, including launch pads 39A and 39B, with the crawler roadway leading to them. This painting was done the day before the first scheduled launch of Mission 41-D. Discovery was finally launched on August 30, 1984 at 8:41 A.M. EDT, Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 6-1/2" x 16"
Alan Chinchar TITLE: "Renaissance," oil As the redesigned Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off, it also lifted NASA and America back to space. Artist Alan Chinchar was one of a six member art team covering the event. Discovery was launched on September 29, 1988, and landed October 3 on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 24" x 30"
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Alan Chinchar TITLE: "Baikonur: A Kazakh Sunrise," oil The first light of dawn on the ancient steps of Central Asia splashes on the rails at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Soon, a Soyuz spacecraft will begin its slow procession toward the waiting gantry on the horizon. In this time-forgotten land of Kazakh, the huge arms of the gantry will unfold and with a blaze of light, the rocket will lunge from this time and place to another. Chinchar, along with four other American artists, traveled to the former Soviet Union from September 27 - October 5, 1991, to take part in the first government endorsed US - Soviet artists' exchange team. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 36" x 48"
Alan Chinchar TITLE: "One Small Step for a Man," acrylic Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the first lunar landing, (July 20, 1969). Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is depicted in this painting with the image of the Earth reflected in his visor. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 36" x 24"
Alan Chinchar TITLE: "Los Que Oien (The Listeners)," acrylic A panoramic view of the valley at dawn as sunlight begins to reflect on the landscape. The NASA Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex with its largest antenna 70 meters, is located west of Madrid. This is one of three NASA tracking facilities in the deep space network which tracks spacecraft out of Earth orbit. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 24" x 48"
John Clark TITLE: "The Wind Shear Flight Tests," oil NASA Langley Research Center's Boeing 737 research aircraft flies home after penetrating a wind shear over Orlando, Florida, during flight testing of the three advance-warning sensors.
Ron Cobb TITLE: "Challenger, Edwards Air Force Base, July 4, 1982," acrylic This was the day it all came together. Thousands of people came to see President Reagan during his visit, the fourth landing of the Columbia and the newest orbiter Challenger sitting on top of the 747 carrier aircraft waiting to be transported to Kennedy Space Center, Florida. July 4, 1982, Dryden Flight Research Facility. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 45" x 32"
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Ron Cobb TITLE: "T Minus Three Hours and Holding," acrylic Morning mists envelop the launch site and surrounding landscape as the Space Shuttle Columbia prepares for her fourth flight into space. STS-4, June 27, 1982, Kennedy Space Center (NASA Art Program) Art size: 25" x 45"
Alan E. Cober TITLE: "2:05 and Holding," watercolor painting done on location Columbia's third flight into space is readied as dawn begins to break. Kennedy Space Center, March 22, 1982. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 10-1/2" x 14-3/4"
Alan E. Cober TITLE: "Morning of Launch," watercolor painting done on location watercolor painting done on location of the Space Shuttle Columbia waiting for its third flight into space. Kennedy Space Center, March 22, 1982. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 10-1/2" x 14-3/4"
Alan E. Cober TITLE: "Tank Side of STS-3,"watercolor painting done on location watercolor painting done on location by artist Alan E. Cober of the Space Shuttle Columbia waiting for its third flight into space. Kennedy Space Center, March 22, 1982. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 10-1/2" x 14-3/4"
Alan E. Cober TITLE: "STS-3 Liftoff," watercolor painting done on location watercolor painting done on location by artist Alan E. Cober of the Space Shuttle Columbia waiting for its third flight into space. Kennedy Space Center, March 22, 1982. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 10-1/2" x 14-3/4"
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Lester Cooke TITLE: Cape Kennedy, 1968," watercolor (NASA Art Program) Art size: 11" x 14"
Lester Cooke TITLE: "Apollo 10--From the Press Site," sepia wash The mission covered a period from May 18-26, 1969. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 25" x 31"
Roger Cooke TITLE: "The Great White Bird," oil This work depicts a great white Egret rising from the Florida foliage with outstretched wings. At the same time, another great white bird, Atlantis, ascends in the background from the colorful billows of steam and smoke. Atlantis (STS-37) was launched on April 5, 1991 and landed April 11, 1991. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 40" x 30"
James L. Cunningham TITLE: "Flight, Time, Space," acrylic triptych (3 panels) The artist, through his creative interpretation, has made a symbolic visual allusion to the idea of flight, with an intensely colored and abstracted composition. It is made up of three separate panels and is artistically constructed of a variety of geometric forms and a myriad of hues. Ironically and sadly, this is the last piece of work from the artist, as he died in a helicopter crash on July 24, 1991, after just returning home from a NASA art assignment. Jim devoted over 10 years of his life in dedicated service and art contributions to the United Space space program. (NASA Art Program) Art size: three panel triptych - each panel: 48" x 29" - overall size of display: 48" x 87"
James L. Cunningham TITLE: "Imaging to the Edge of Space and Time," acrylic The artist has depicted the genesis of the Universe expanding from the instant of the Big Bang to normal space/time we observe today. The artist has made visual allusion to the optics of the Space Telescope: the expanding rings portraying the epochs of evolution of the Universe also are reminiscent of the primary and secondary Telescope mirrors. The artist was inspired by the STS-31 mission, the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, April 24-29, 1990. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 42" x 17-3/4"
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James L. Cunningham TITLE: "Infinity Tower," acrylic A giant illusionary cloud column traces Humanities' path into Space. From launch pad 39A, miles into the sky, the Space Shuttle's exhaust column mirrors Nature's clouds and thunderheads, giving raw material, for one's imagination to build castles in the air. In this painting, that exhaust column is constructed of regular geometric forms and colored by the myriad hues of the Florida Coast, Challenger launch, 8:58 A.M., April 6, 1984, Kennedy Space Center (41-C). (NASA Art Program) Art size: 23" x 26"
James L. Cunningham TITLE: "Chaos and Order," acrylic A view from a tumbled chaotic scarp on the surface of Uranus' moon Miranda. In the Mirandian sky, Uranus eclipses the starry and clouded turbulence of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Cunningham's paintings for NASA have been generally intensely colored and abstracted. "Chaos and Order" is rendered in black and white and has an almost "super real" presence. Miranda's surface is constructed of jumbled polyhedrals,. In Miranda's sky, Uranus and the Milky Way are rendered almost photographically. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 25" x 28"
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