Mike Acs Jr.

sur03_v_c_o_AKP (prob. JPL photo, no. P-6587BC) “Lunar material was dumped on white surface of Surveyor III’s footpad no. 2 by surface sampler to enable close examination of the disturbed soil under good viewing conditions. Soil was picked up sever...

Rare, color Surveyor III photo.

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a_v_c_o_AKP (ca. 1963, RCA Astro-Electronics Div photo neg. no. 63-4-15C) A fantastic RCA Astro-Electronics artist’s concept that oozes that classic 50’s sci-fi look, unintentionally. Check out the very early Lunar Excursion Module's landing struts/gear. The lunar terrain/h...

Delightful ca. 1963 RCA artist’s (I think August Scotto) concept.

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a17_v_bw_o_n (AS17-139-21303)^ SPECTACULAR view of Tsiolkovskiy Crater.

Tsiolkovsky crater, as imaged during Apollo 17.

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a15_v_bw_o_n (71-H-1443, Metric-Mapping AS15-M-1031 eq) In all its digitized high-resolution glory at the superlative LPI site: www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS15/M/103...

Tsiolkovsky crater, as imaged during Apollo 15.

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LO III_o (67-H-314, L-67-3291 eq) Northwestern rim of Tsiolkovsky crater on the far side of the moon. “High-resolution Lunar Orbiter III view of the northwestern rim of Tsiolkovsky crater. The rim crest is in the lower right corner. ...

Tsiolkovsky crater, as imaged by Lunar Orbiter III.

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TAofN - ack The Art of NASA: THE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SOLD THE MISSIONS, acknowledgments EVEN the letters in MY name are CAPITALIZED! 👍 "Big time I'm on my way-I'm making it Big time big time I've got to make it ...

“The Art of NASA: THE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SOLD THE MISSIONS”
By Piers Bizony
Additional research: me…hot-damn!

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The Soviet Reach for The Moon (Nicholas L. Johnson, auto) “The Soviet Reach for The Moon”, Nicholas L. Johnson, 1995 www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/sovietReach/index.pdf Credit: LPI website Autographed by: www.collectspace.com/news/news-092014a-obitu...

“The Soviet Reach for The Moon”
Second Edition
By Nicholas L. Johnson

Autographed by cosmonaut Anatoly Berezovoy, first commander of Salyut 7.

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a11_Tranquility Base_ raised relief map_rt oblique far (United States Army Topographic Command) Wonderful & surely rare commemorative raised relief map of Tranquility Base, as produced by the United States Army Topographic Command (TOPOCOM), ca. 1969/70. Erroneously, an Apollo 12 photograph of P...

Tranquility Base: U.S. Army Topographic Command raised relief map

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voy2_v_c_o_TPMBK (P-34648, Voyager N32, PIA01142 eq, S-89-43304 eq) “This photograph of Neptune was reconstructed from two images taken by Voyager 2's narrow-angle camera, through the green and clear filters. The image shows three of the features that Voyager 2 has be...

Neptune’s Great Dark Spot, “Dark Spot 2” & “Scooter”, as imaged by Voyager 2 in 1989.

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a (LEM TM-1)_v_c_o_AKP (108-KSC-64C-3473, M-MS-G, 41-2-64, GAEC photo “L.E.M. no. 64408” eq) Interior mobility study being conducted using Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Training Model 1 (TM-1). Fascinating read on Gerd De Beek, to whom this photo was specifically to be distributed: clarences...

LEM TM-1 at GAEC, 1964.

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a_v_bw_o_n (LEM, verso hand annotated K584) Another masterpiece artists’ concept of an early LEM design (ca. 1962), this time depicting the ascent stage liftoff from the lunar surface. The shading, dramatic lunar terrain, engine plume and overa...

Gorgeous artwork by Ludwik Źiemba for Lockheed, ca. 1962.

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Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.

9 years ago, today LeBron James with the best chasedown block in NBA Finals' history.
2016 NBA Finals Game 7
6/19/16

OK people, I live about 90 minutes drive from Odesa, Ukraine, & 30 minutes from a bunch of Russian "peacekeepers" in Transnistria.

So yeah, I don't like recent US political developments.
Or NASA defunding.
Or Russian involvement on the ISS.

Some cool missions there though...

Interspecies play and cooperation has always fascinated me.

Massive engines and an old website. Deep cuts. Vol. 3 New illustration of the RD-150 engine and rare Buran photos from a very old website.

RD-150 and new Buran photos.

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N1 video clips.
Most are well known, but the bits in the factory are new to me, (at least in video form).

N-1 stuff. If you like this rocket, you should check out Nick’s book.

3 cosmonauts on a red world.

Sokolov & Leonov, Soviet Space Art

Test render, long asteroid belt animation I will be re-rendering this at higher quality, and 4k resolution. Music is the CC licensed "Early Frost" by Cousin Silas

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Test render, long asteroid belt animation

Description
I will be re-rendering this at higher quality, and 4k resolution.

Music is the CC licensed "Early Frost" by Cousin Silas

Please don't use this AI slop.

There are many scientists and artists who have produced accurate and beautiful images you could use.

You might want to check the trouble that the British Museum got into recently.

Shame on you.

Please don't use this AI slop.

There are many scientists and artists who have produced accurate and beautiful images you could use.

You might want to check the trouble that the British Museum got into recently.

Shame on you.

He was hit 3 times in his life by cars. The 3rd time was when I found him.

He is terrified of small spaces like Crates so he couldn't travel anywhere to be adopted.

But then today happened. ❤️

I contributed to this book, to include images, artist identifications/attributions, and a fair number of caption write-ups.

Mr. Bizony graciously cited me for such within the book.

My 7.5 minutes of “non-total obscurity”.