#ChesleyBonestell
1 stycznia to rocznica urodzin Chesleya Bonestella – artysty, który pokazał kosmos zanim ktokolwiek się tam udał. Jego malarstwo do dziś inspiruje naukę i kulturę popularną. (fot. Wikipedia)
#ChesleyBonestell
January 1, 2026 at 8:28 AM
time to dig up your Chesley Bonestell....from a time when we hadn't sold (out) our space program to fElon or FJeff.... #mars #vonbraun #willyley #chesleybonestell
The Exploration of Mars | Powell's Books
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
www.powells.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
In #DECEMBER 1954
‘Mars seen from Phobos’
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
Cover of *Astounding Science Fiction*, December 1954.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #Mars #Phobos #astronauts #SpaceArt
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In #DECEMBER 1950
*Fantasy and Science Fiction*, December 1950
Cover art by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #Saturn #Titan
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Chesley Bonestell. #ChesleyBonestell
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In #November 1938
‘Jupiter Seen from Ganymede’
#Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888–1986)
‘Reunion on Ganymede by #CliffordDSimak
Cover of *Astounding Science Fiction*, Nov. 1938
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #pulps #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Jupiter #LRonHubbard
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The blog has now reached 4.5 million page views—but not the moon.

Rocket to the Moon
Chesley Bonestell

Heritage Auctions Signature Illustration Art Sale New York Preview attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2025/11/herita…#ChesleyBonestellll
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
‘New York Central Building, Park Avenue, New York – At the gateway to a continent’
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
Ca. 1929
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell
October 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
‘Seen from abandoned cargo ship with “full earth” shining in sky, passenger ships take off for return trip from moon to space station’s orbit’
Illustration #ChesleyBonestell
‘Now the hectic six weeks of exploration draw to a close. At the landing site, electronic engineers 👉ALT
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
greenish earth light’
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell
#landscapepainting #TheSublime #lunarexploration #moonbase
‘Now comes an exciting moment: the start of our longest expedition. We’ve had to wait to make it, because all the vehicles have been in constant use for...'
👉ALT
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
behind rocket ship at left. Diagonal streak in sky, the zodiacal light, is caused by the sun’s rays reflecting from cosmic dust. The red star at left is Mars.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WernhervonBraun #spaceart
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
‘The unloading on the moon. ...’
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#WernhervonBraun #FredWhipple #lunarexploration #moonlanding #spaceships #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Cover of *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction* Volume 33 No. 4, October 1967
(Mercury Press Inc., New York) October 1967.
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #Mars #MarsMission #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In #OCTOBER 1967
(last rites on Mars)
👇🧵
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #Mars #MarsMission #astronauts #astronautics
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
‘The sphere will be home to the voyagers not only for the five-day trip, but for several days after, while lunar quarters are being constructed.’
(Cover) illustration by #ChesleyBonestell
👉ALT
#WillyLey #spacetravel #astronauts #astronautics #MoonMission #spacecraft
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#OTD 1952: in the Moon Ship
'Man on the Moon - Scientists Tell How We Can Land There In Our Lifetime' Oct. 18, 1952
(#2 in the historic Collier’s series on the Conquest of Space [1951-54])
Cover #illustration #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)
PART 2
Willy Ley, “Inside the Moon Ship”
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
‘The Cover
A historic moment: man’s first landing on the moon. The lunar rocket ship is about to touch down; its motors are being turned off, and the shock-absorbing central landing leg, visible inside the rocket flames, is just above the moon’s surface.➡️ALT
#ChesleyBonestell
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
rocket motors are switched on to slow down ships’ high-speed fall caused by the moon’s gravity. Vehicles are maneuvering 550 miles above landing area known as *Sinus Roris* (Dewy Bay), dark plain above cargo ship in lower left’
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘Man on the Moon THE JOURNEY By Dr. Wernher von Braun
For five days the expedition speeds through space on its historic voyage - 50 men on three ungainly craft, bound for the great unknown’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartist #spacecraft #spacestation
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#OTD in 1952
'Man on the Moon - Scientists Tell How We Can Land There In Our Lifetime'
👇🧵
#2 in the historic Collier’s series on the Conquest of Space (1951-54)
Wernher von Braun, “Man on the Moon - The Journey” Oct. 18, 1952
Cover #illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In #OCTOBER 1952
Saturn seen from one of its moons
Cover of *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, October 1952
#Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM