#ChesleyBonestell
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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
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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
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December 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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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
http://www.fabiofeminofantascience.org/BONESTELL/
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
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
ranaroth.bsky.social
Chesley Bonestell. #ChesleyBonestell
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
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
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Cover of *Galaxy Science Fiction* for November 1951
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #graphicdesign #exoplanet #doublestar #astronauts
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
In #NOVEMBER 1951
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #graphicdesign #exoplanet #doublestar #astronauts
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The blog has now reached 4.5 million page views—but not the moon.

Rocket to the Moon
Chesley Bonestell

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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
lronlacy.bsky.social
‘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
lronlacy.bsky.social
‘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
...set up automatic recording instruments which will radio scientific observations to earth after we’ve taken off. These stations (not much larger than an office desk) house delicate instruments which record cosmic radiations, tremors caused by the impact of meteorites hitting the surface, temperature changes and other scientific data. They are connected by cables to the skeleton of the cargo ship, which we’re leaving behind. The ship’s solar mirror generates power for the instruments, and the dish-like antenna will flash the readings to earth. Unless these automatic stations are destroyed by meteorites, they will operate for years without human supervision. ...
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
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
‘... Our destination is a crater about 195 miles (ca. 314 km) as the rocket flies, but about 250 miles off by lunar tractor. This crater, called Harpalus, is the most interesting one within reach - 24 miles (402 km) across with a surrounding ridge 3,100 feet high, and a depth of almost 11,000 feet from peak to bottom.’ Image from https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-great-1952-space-program-453511252 Text from From the complete article, posted at http://www.aiaahouston.org/Horizons/Horizons_2012_11_and_12_high_resolution.pdf
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
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
lronlacy.bsky.social
‘The unloading on the moon. ...’
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#WernhervonBraun #FredWhipple #lunarexploration #moonlanding #spaceships #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart
Image from http://www.fabiofeminofantascience.org/COLLIERS/COLLIERS2.html
October 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
Detail
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #Mars #MarsMission #astronauts #funeral #militaryfuneral
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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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
lronlacy.bsky.social
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
lronlacy.bsky.social
‘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
‘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]' This view, with the distant earth in the background, was painted by artist Chesley Bonestell from the perspective of a man standing on the lunar north pole. Full a full description of the ship and the trip, turn to page 51. Image from https://www.reddit.com/user/MONDARIZ/?sort=top
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
#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
lronlacy.bsky.social
‘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
This view, with the distant earth in the background, was painted by artist Chesley Bonestell from the perspective of a man standing on the lunar north pole. Full a full description of the ship and the trip, turn to page 51.’ Image from https://www.reddit.com/user/MONDARIZ/?sort=top
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
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
lronlacy.bsky.social
passengers ships center and right.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartist #spacecraft #spacestation
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
‘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
lronlacy.bsky.social
#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)
unless otherwise noted, images from rom http://www.aiaahouston.org/Horizons/Horizons_2012_09_and_10_high_resolution.pdf
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
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