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J Billy Morrow Jackson TITLE: "Command Module 1 Simulator," watercolor (NASA Art Program) Art size: 36"" x 28-1/4"""
Billy Morrow Jackson TITLE: "VAB 502, Vehicle Bay 3," watercolor Technicians work on spacecraft preparation inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). (NASA Art Program) Art size: 30" x 22"
Billy Morrow Jackson TITLE: "Time, Space and Columbia," watercolor Painting shows the artist in black cap and red shirt, with sketch pad in hand, sitting in the foreground of the picture as he surveys the panorama of shuttle activities. The artist expresses a feeling of time and space at the press site during the second flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia, by showing a variety of happenings in this scene, such as night, day, and different intervals of time, before, during, and after the event. The TV monitors show the Columbia in different phases of the mission, so as to tell the entire story at one time. November 12, 1981. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 24" x 32"
Philip Jamison TITLE: "51-G Liftoff," watercolor Discovery lifts off pad on June 17, 1985 carrying three communications satellites in orbit. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 7-1/2" x 10-1/2"
Philip Jamison TITLE: "Flight of Discovery," watercolor Space Shuttle Mission 51-G at Kennedy Space Center, June 17, 1985. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 7" x 14-1/2"
Philip Jamison TITLE: "Waiting," watercolor Discovery waits on Pad 39A for a June 17, 1986 liftoff at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Mission 51-G. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 9-1/2" x 12-1/2"
Joe Jaqua TITLE: "While Atlantis Waits," watercolor The Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-34) visible on the TV monitor sits on the pad waiting for launch while workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) check out the Space Shuttle Columbia, preparing for mission (STS-32) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Atlantis finally lifted off on October 18, 1989 and successfully deployed the Galileo spacecraft into low-Earth orbit. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 22" x 30"
David Jarvis TITLE: "Eye of the Launch," oil Mankind has long gazed upward with fascination and wonder into deep space. For millennia, we have been measuring, mapping, calculating and reaching conclusions based on celestial bodies and cycles. Only recently in man's history have a few brave souls dared to venture beyond Earth's atmosphere. In this painting, the artist uses the space shuttle soaring through the eye of mankind to symbolize man's triumph of spirit and technology, and our never-ending search for the mysteries of the universe. The STS-32 mission was launched on January 9, 1990. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 22" x 31-1/2"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "Night Flashes," watercolor watercolor of the view from the press site at 10:00 p.m. on August 29, 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger enveloped in shimmering light against a stormy black sky waits out the elements for her third flight into space. STS-8 Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 30" x 22"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "Plumes," mixed media STS-4 has cleared the Service Tower in its powered ascent atop a pillar of flame. In this view from a remote camera site near the launch pad, the artist emphasized the many elements of the conflagration which results from a Space Shuttle liftoff June 27, 1982, Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 34-1/2" x 25"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "Pitchover" Shortly after take-off STS-4 performs a roll and pitch maneuver to get the vehicle headed toward Gibraltar and its proper path into orbit. This puts the orbiter upside down as it climbs away from the launch site and permits this view of the glow on the external tank caused by the extreme heat from the solid rocket exhaust. watercolor on board - artist Chet Jezierski, June 27, 1982, Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 14-1/2" x 10"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "The Lunge Toward Space" Unlike any other previous American manned launch vehicle, Columbia uses solid rockets to achieve lift-off, and the results are spectacular. In this airborne view from a NASA chase plane, STS-4 charges into the sky leaving behind a column of exhaust smoke stretching all the way back to the launch pad while sound waves reaching the Press Site sweeps over everyone. Mixed media on board, artist Chet Jezierski, June 27, 1982, Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 59" x 38"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "On the Crawler" The scale and complexity of the Space Shuttle's Mobile Launch Platform is apparent in this ground level view of STS-4 approaching the Pad 9A Launch Complex driven by the immense tracked crawler developed during the Apollo Program. Sepia ink stick drawing with wash on board, artist Chet Jezierski, June 1982, Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 56" x 40"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "Launch of the Columbia - STS-1," mixed media painting Portrays an unusual view of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it is launched into space for its first historic flight - April 12, 1981, Kennedy Space Center. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 32" x 26"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "T-11 Hours - Heavy Weather," watercolor During a planned hold at about 9:30 a.m. a storm front moves toward Pad 39A with lightning and heavy rain. The Shuttle is still protected by the Rotating Service Structure. The is Challenger's third flight into space and her first night launch. STS-8 Kennedy Space Center, August 29, 1983. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 30" x 22"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "The Fifth Flight," watercolor The Space Shuttle Pressure Suit, no longer needed by Columbia's astronauts, hangs motionless in the autumn of 1982, when STS-5 leaps into orbit leaving it behind in retirement. The grounded helmet is now restricted to flights of fancy like that of the descending leaf. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 22-1/2" x 30"
Chet Jezierski TITLE: "Max-Q," watercolor Artist's view of a space shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center, Florida in 1985. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 33" x 24"
B. E. Johnson TITLE: "Worker Tending the Queen-Columbia/Spacelab 1 on Centerline at Edwards," acrylic The post flight activities on a Shuttle mission, when viewed in a certain light, parallel the efficiency and purposefulness of the ins"
B. E. Johnson TITLE: "And Miles to Go Before I Sleep - The Return of Columbia/Spacelab 1," acrylic Fresh out of blackout at Mach 23, Columbia/Spacelab One reenters on the northern route over China and the Aleutian Islands. This marks the first use of the alternate reentry corridor for the Space Shuttle, and the heaviest return payload of. 33,580 pounds. The extra weight took its toll on the thermal protection system, noticeably discoloring the nomex blankets. Seeing the orbiters one by one becoming "spaceworn" from repeated use, strikes a special chord in those who follow the development and flights of the Shuttle..STS-9, December 8, 1983, Dryden Flight Research Facility, California. (NASA Art Program) Art size: 10" x 34"
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