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D Dennis Davidson TITLE: "View of Earth," oil These panels, an Earth Orbital Science Project, represents windows or portals between ourselves and the Earth. They represent a catalyst for understanding the Earth as a living system. To develop a true understanding of our home planet, we must value it as an individual within the context of its environmental setting, the solar system. The perspective of this painting takes the viewer off the planet into the unfamiliar and harsh environment of space. By looking back at our planet, separate from us, we can begin to form a basis of comparison between other planets and our own. (NASA Art Program) Art size: Five 72" x 20" panels, Total: 72" x 100"
James Dean TITLE: "Rainbirds," watercolor This watercolor "Rainbirds" is on the large water tank which will deluge the launch pad through a system of nozzles, called "Rainbirds." The water will suppress the sound of launch and help prevent damage to the spacecraft and payload caused by acoustical energy. Kennedy Space Center, February 1981. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 20-1/4" x 26"
James Dean TITLE: "Final Test," watercolor This watercolor "Final Test" was done at Kennedy Space Center. It is of the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia being prepared for its final test firing before its manned launch, April, 1981. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 20-1/4" x 26"
James Dean TITLE: "Shuttle Flowers," watercolor Fields of wildflowers grow around Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A final test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia in June 1982, had no discernible effect on the surrounding wildlife refuge. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 14" x 20"
James Dean TITLE: "Relay," watercolor This watercolor "Relay" is of the antenna on top of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The antenna assists in monitoring the condition of the Space Shuttle and the readiness for launch. February 1981. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 14" x 20"
James Dean TITLE: "On the Pad," watercolor The Space Shuttle Columbia, covered by its protective service structure, is prepared for launch in June 1982 (STS-4). The orange-colored top of the external tank can be seen protruding above the service structure. Kennedy Space Center, June 1982. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 11" x 15"
James Dean TITLE: "Desert Landing," watercolor Members of NASA's SCAPE crew check the Shuttle Orbiter "Challenger" within minutes of its landing in the California desert on April 9, 1983. STS-6 (NASA Art Program) Art size: 12-1/4" x 16-1/8"
James Dean TITLE: "Night Watch," watercolor Search lights slice through the humid night air illuminating the Space Shuttle Columbia and its gantries at Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Technicians work throughout the night before launch to prepare Columbia and its propulsion systems for its final test flight on June 27, 1982. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 19-1/2" x 29-1/2"
James Dean TITLE: "Last Test," watercolor Space Shuttle Columbia, with an Earth-shaking blast of flame, steam and smoke, rises from Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on its last test flight June 27, 1982. The Space Shuttle Program now enters an "operational" phase of activities. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 30-3/4" x 11-1/2"
James Dean TITLE: "Check In," watercolor The Space Shuttle Orbiter "Challenger" is checked by technicians after its landing on the desert runway at DFRC in California in April 1983, STS-6 (NASA Art Program) Art size: 11" x 15"
James Dean TITLE: "Return to Earth," watercolor The Space Shuttle Orbiter "Challenger" landing on the runway at DFRC at California is met by a NASA chase plane and a flock of red-wing blackbirds that live in the reeds alongside the airstrip, STS-6 April 9, 1983. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 14" x 20"
James Dean TITLE: "Waiting for Challenger," watercolor Motor homes, vans, pick-up trucks filled with visitors line the landing site at Dryden Flight Research Facility in California, waiting for "Challenger" to return from its first spaceflight in April, 1983. STS-6 (NASA Art Program) Art size: 11" x 15"
James Dean TITLE: "Runway," watercolor Isolated on the desert runway the Space Shuttle Orbiter "Challenger" is checked by the NASA Scape crew within minutes of landing after its first orbital flight in April 1983, STS-6. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 20" x 30"
James Dean TITLE: "Tracking Ship," watercolor Tracking Ship was done at Port Canaveral, Florida in February 1981 for the NASA Art Program. Art size:9" x 12"
Guy Deel TITLE: "First Lifting Body Flight," acrylic Milton O. Thompson, former NASA research pilot and now Chief Engineer at the Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, was the first man to fly a lifting body. The blunt-shaped, wingless lifting bodies aided in the design of the space shuttle. Thompson first flew the lightweight M-2 in 1963 and made the first flight of the heavyweight M-2 in 1966. He also flew the rocket-powered X-15. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 24" x 36"
Deborah Deschner TITLE: "Sudden Change," oil This commemorative painting attempts to capture in an expressionistic way, the dramatic sense of sudden change during the Challenger accident. The canvas is mounted in the round with the intent of making viewers move around the piece. From left to right, the initial portion observed is tranquil, further right the launch scene abruptly comes into view. Mission 51-L, January 28, 1986, Kennedy Space Center, FL (NASA Art Program) Art size: 51" x 63"
Deborah Deschner TITLE: "Resolutions," oil and silver leaf on canvas This second 51-L commemorative piece, painted as a counterpart to "Sudden Change", the artist's first assignment painting, nearly a year later, addresses the healing process on both a personal and public level. The stark, metallic gray landscape which dwarfs an empty launch pad, is reminiscent of the difficult period of grief and loss. The silver leaf armband - like strip across the panels forms a division or wall; which it casts a long shadow over the "new" landscape. Dawn is also beginning to appear. The three panels symbolize the basic, unchanging elements, our worlds of experience and exploration: ocean, earth, and sky. January 28, 1987, Kennedy Space Center, FL. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 20" x 75-1/2" (triptych)
Deborah Deschner TITLE: "Belly of the Bird," etching Portrait of a section of heat protection tiles underlining Columbia, showing the subtle, ghostlike patterns torched on to their surface during re-entry. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 29" x 21-3/4"
Deborah Deschner TITLE: "Discovery Returns," mezzotint A distant view of Discovery's return to flight, as seen from the artist's rooftop. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 11-5/8" x 13-5/8"
Carol Dick TITLE: "Launch Pad Abstraction," mixed media The following poem written by the artist best describes her creative effort: Walking over launch pad ,Standing astride rusted cans, ropes and debris,.One can't help noticing a certain rhythm that follows logic,.The justification for being a place in transition - the distance.From flame trench to gantry a sign standing silent,.A time-tending sentry, its eye to the future.Now not long-awaited, when a new bird, free-born.To careful captivity, will set free her bright song...STS-7, June 18, 1983, Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 17-1/4" x 22-7/16"
Carol Dick TITLE: "Spirit of the Challenge," mixed media The following poem written by the artist best describes hr creative effort: What remained hidden for so long is finally revealed, Unveiled in roll back, a hushed reverence handing still.In the deep twilight air that coddles the eaglet newborn,.Prodding her untried wings to challenge the dawn...STS-7, June 18, 1983, Kennedy Space Center (NASA Art Program) Art size: 18" x 32-1/8"
Vincent Di Fate TITLE: "Evening Light-up," oil This painting depicts the launching pad on the eve of STS-37, Gamma Ray Observatory Mission. The space shuttle Atlantis sits on its pad bathed in the purple glow of dusk. Floodlights illuminate the shuttle's tank side and solid rocket booster. Atlantis was launched on April 5, 1991 from the Kennedy Space Center and landed on April 11, 1991 at Edwards Air Force Base. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 16" x 32"
Vincent DI Fate TITLE: "Space Station," acrylic Artist concept of the permanently manned international Space Station complex to be placed into a 300 mile high equatorial orbit by NASA in the mid 1990's. The Space Station will serve as an orbiting
Lamar Dodd TITLE: "The Second Giant Step," oil Artist interpretation of the first flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Dodd in discussing his artistic approach made the following statement: "I think I can paint reasonably well."
Lamar Dodd TITLE: "Saturn Structure," watercolor (NASA Art Program) Art size: 35" x 27"
Lamar Dodd TITLE: "Anticipation," oil Columbia before launch was the subject and Dodd made the following comments on his work. The monumental architectural structure of the Columbia sitting there on the pad nestled as it is before the womb is opened prior to blast off is symbolic of the wonders of the world, especially when one lives with and observes the sun coming down behind this wonderful structure. Some actual notes that I made indicate from the position I was in at the time that the sun went down immediately under the booster, just as it might have appeared the moment prior to blast off. But God's world is so much more beautiful than man's I had to shift the power of the sun and take advantage of all these glorious colors. Kennedy Space Center, April 12, 1981. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 40" x 56"
Lamar Dodd TITLE: "The Columbia," triptych Being a complicated work of art, it deserved the following detailed comments by the artist. Overall measurements, closed, 33" x 22-3/4"Center panel canvas, side panels, three ply laminated.
Lamar Dodd TITLE: "Ammonite: Saturn and Beyond," oil This three panel oil painting done with silver and gold leaf on canvas and masonite by artist Lamar Dodd, links the curves of the ringed planet Saturn and the arced, spiral fossil-like shapes which represent Earth. The Ammonite, a flat, usually coiled fossil shell of an extinct order is represented in the lower panel with gold and silver circular forms. In the middle panel is the cosmos and the top panel is the planet Saturn. Dodd was present at JPL for the Saturn encounter by the Voyager spacecraft, August 24-26, 1981. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 31" x 67"
Lamar Dodd TITLE: "Saturn Gantry," oil View inside the service towers and gantries in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). (NASA Art Program) Art size: 47" x 35"
Bart Doe TITLE: "July 4th Touchdown," acrylic As a patriotic throng of several thousand flag-waving Americans look on, the Space Shuttle "Columbia" touches down on July 4, 1982, at Edwards AFB at the end of another successful mission, STS-4...The fact that it was the Fourth of July and that President Reagan was on hand to welcome Astronauts Mattingly and Hartsfield transformed the day into a display of patriotic, prideful fervor reminiscent of earlier and less complicated times. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 24-3/4" x 30-3/4"
Linda Draper TITLE: "Galileo Through Hubble and Beyond," acrylic/oil This painting encompasses the ideas of Edwin Hubble. "The search will continue. It is older than history. It is not satisfied and it will not be suppressed." The artist witnessed the launch of STS-31, the Hubble Space Telescope mission, which lasted from April 24-29, 1990. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 64" x 34"
Linda Draper TITLE: "Safe Home: The Wind Beneath the Wings," oil on masonite This painting encompasses some significant activities of STS-31, the Hubble Space Telescope Mission from re-entry of the orbiter to systems check by the ground recovery crew. The centerpiece of the painting is the astronaut crew coming out of the Discovery on April 29, 1990 after a successful landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 64" x 34"
Linda Draper TITLE: "Working in Space," oil This painting shows a generic depiction of astronauts performing extravehicular activities (EVA) around the Shuttle's cargo bay area. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 48" x 54"
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