SupraSpectra

[A Blog About Space, Technological History, and Whatever Else I Goddamn Feel Like]

[my-aesthetic-vibes]

The sky is perfect

[helm108]

Concept art of Mondoshawan ship landing arm.

The Fifth Element (1997)

[helm108]

Studio-scale Fhloston Paradise cruise liner used in The Fifth Element (1997). Photo credit Olivier Cabourdin.

[Source: a Fifth Element thread on The RPF from ages ago that I can’t find]

[danismm]

Soviet attack

[epictones]

Based on a quote by Lieutenant Ken Giles about commanding a M3 Grant in North Africa from Douglas’ ‘Alamein to Zem Zem’

[livewellthinkdeeply]

When things appear complex or hard, a shift of perspective may be in order. Always be inspired.

[70sscifiart]

A 1972 proto-mouse

[70sscifiart]

Paul Alexander

[sciencefictionworld]

[rocketumbl]

F-8 Supercritical Wing

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XF-108

[artofthetitle]

It’s Throwback Thursday with Richard Kuhn’s main title work for the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage.

Fantastic Voyage on Art of the Title

[scanzen]

Recently Declassified Photos Show the Birth of the Soviet Space Program

[pogphotoarchives]

Men riding motorcycles up a steep hill, probably in or near Raton, New Mexico

Date: circa 1915-1920 From the Raton Museum collection

[silversprocket]

That time @nationofamanda made @mitchclem watch Purple Rain for the first time. *Originally printed in @razorcake 

[unirdg-collections]

The @unirdg-collections Squint

The University of Reading holds the archive of original artwork for the much-loved Ladybird children’s book. This painting on board was used to illustrate Exploring Space, a Ladybird ‘Achievements’ Book first published in 1964. The artwork was created by Brian Knight.

If you look closely at the painting, you can see the faint trace of Knight’s initial design for the lunar landing module - just visible under the later amendment.

Published before the first Moon landing in 1969, the fantasy spacecraft was sleek and utopian. It typifies the extent to which The Space Race captured our mid-century imaginations and permeated visual culture. The later correction, based on the Eagle Lunar Module, was printed in subsequent revisions to the book. It was an acknowledgment of a successful mission and testament to Ladybird’s emphasis on accuracy for its young readers.

All artwork is © Ladybird Books Ltd.

[70sscifiart]

Robert McCall