2012-04-28
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Another couple of pieces of graphic design from Between Channels, “from mid-1970s Practical Wireless”.
2012-04-07
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Last Days (in progress) by Philip Scott Andrews.
Andrews, from Daylight magazine, quoted at The Fox Is Black:
In the simplest terms, these photographs tell a story about men and women who show up to work every day and launch spaceships. It is a marvel, a symbol of the United States’ twentieth century dominance. But it is a tragic story. The U.S. is abandoning not only its manned spaceflight program but the individuals behind it whose ingenuity, bravery, and attention to detail made the program not only possible, but reliable… In looking back, we can look ahead to find the next adventure over the horizon.
2011-07-20
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Three NASA posters from the 1980s, Going To Work In Space, from Danne and Blackburn at the AIGA Design Archives.
2011-04-14
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Columbia, landing after STS-1, 30 years ago. Note the NASA worm logo, and all the Helvetica.
2011-03-01
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Mach Diamonds
Discovery rockets into the blue sky above Launch Pad 39A after liftoff on the STS-133 mission in Feb. 25, 2011. Beneath Discovery’s three main engines are blue cones of light, known as shock or mach diamonds, which are a formation of shock waves in the exhaust plume of an aerospace propulsion system.
Mach diamonds forever.
2010-04-09
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Space Shuttle Discovery Soars Over Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World. Well, you can’t fault it as a description.
The second photo, of the remains of the exhaust trail lit by the rising sun, is also pretty spiffy.
