#OTD in 1950
‘Crashing the Unknown’
Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986) Oil on board
#Illustration for Air Research Manufacturing
from *Aviation Week*, August 21, 1950
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #aviation #rocket #spaceexploration #spaceart #WestCoast
‘Crashing the Unknown’
Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986) Oil on board
#Illustration for Air Research Manufacturing
from *Aviation Week*, August 21, 1950
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #aviation #rocket #spaceexploration #spaceart #WestCoast
August 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#OTD in 1950
‘Crashing the Unknown’
Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986) Oil on board
#Illustration for Air Research Manufacturing
from *Aviation Week*, August 21, 1950
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #aviation #rocket #spaceexploration #spaceart #WestCoast
‘Crashing the Unknown’
Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986) Oil on board
#Illustration for Air Research Manufacturing
from *Aviation Week*, August 21, 1950
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #aviation #rocket #spaceexploration #spaceart #WestCoast
‘We are 5,800 miles out and falling toward earth’s surface; cloud blanket is clearly visible. Philippines are at bright spot.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
September 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
‘We are 5,800 miles out and falling toward earth’s surface; cloud blanket is clearly visible. Philippines are at bright spot.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
#OTD in 1952
In Collier’s for March 22, 1952 -cover #illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)- inaugurating its historic series “Man Will Conquer Space Soon” (1952-54), presenting the findings of the 1st U.S. Symposium on Space Travel held at the Hayden ➡️
🧵👇 [PART 1 of 5]
In Collier’s for March 22, 1952 -cover #illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)- inaugurating its historic series “Man Will Conquer Space Soon” (1952-54), presenting the findings of the 1st U.S. Symposium on Space Travel held at the Hayden ➡️
🧵👇 [PART 1 of 5]
March 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#OTD in 1952
In Collier’s for March 22, 1952 -cover #illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)- inaugurating its historic series “Man Will Conquer Space Soon” (1952-54), presenting the findings of the 1st U.S. Symposium on Space Travel held at the Hayden ➡️
🧵👇 [PART 1 of 5]
In Collier’s for March 22, 1952 -cover #illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986)- inaugurating its historic series “Man Will Conquer Space Soon” (1952-54), presenting the findings of the 1st U.S. Symposium on Space Travel held at the Hayden ➡️
🧵👇 [PART 1 of 5]
Never-seen face of the moon is to right. Trip will have to be timed so that sun lights hidden side’
‘Painting by #ChesleyBonestell’
‘Painting by #ChesleyBonestell’
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Never-seen face of the moon is to right. Trip will have to be timed so that sun lights hidden side’
‘Painting by #ChesleyBonestell’
‘Painting by #ChesleyBonestell’
and, here below - its beauty on full display - for lunar exploration, ➡️
#illustration #illustrationartists #pulps #SciFi #ChesleyBonestell
#illustration #illustrationartists #pulps #SciFi #ChesleyBonestell
May 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
and, here below - its beauty on full display - for lunar exploration, ➡️
#illustration #illustrationartists #pulps #SciFi #ChesleyBonestell
#illustration #illustrationartists #pulps #SciFi #ChesleyBonestell
‘Man on the Moon - Scientists Tell How We Can Land There In Our Lifetime’ Cover of *Collier’s*, October 18, 1952
(👉 to be posted on the 18th)
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#rocketscience #WillyLey #WernherVonBraun #moonlanding #spacetravel #ChesleyBonestell
(👉 to be posted on the 18th)
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#rocketscience #WillyLey #WernherVonBraun #moonlanding #spacetravel #ChesleyBonestell
October 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
‘Man on the Moon - Scientists Tell How We Can Land There In Our Lifetime’ Cover of *Collier’s*, October 18, 1952
(👉 to be posted on the 18th)
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#rocketscience #WillyLey #WernherVonBraun #moonlanding #spacetravel #ChesleyBonestell
(👉 to be posted on the 18th)
Illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
#rocketscience #WillyLey #WernherVonBraun #moonlanding #spacetravel #ChesleyBonestell
The cover and the images reproduced, by Chesley Bonestell (1888–1986).
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #astronautics #SpaceArt
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #astronautics #SpaceArt
September 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The cover and the images reproduced, by Chesley Bonestell (1888–1986).
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #astronautics #SpaceArt
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #astronautics #SpaceArt
In #JUNE 1966
‘The Ancient Gods - Poul Anderson’
Cover illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
*Analog - Science Fiction - Science Fact*
June 1966
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #PoulAnderson #ScienceFiction #SciFi #spaceart #galaxy
‘The Ancient Gods - Poul Anderson’
Cover illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
*Analog - Science Fiction - Science Fact*
June 1966
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #PoulAnderson #ScienceFiction #SciFi #spaceart #galaxy
June 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In #JUNE 1966
‘The Ancient Gods - Poul Anderson’
Cover illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
*Analog - Science Fiction - Science Fact*
June 1966
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #PoulAnderson #ScienceFiction #SciFi #spaceart #galaxy
‘The Ancient Gods - Poul Anderson’
Cover illustration by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
*Analog - Science Fiction - Science Fact*
June 1966
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #PoulAnderson #ScienceFiction #SciFi #spaceart #galaxy
In MARCH 1950
👇🧵
Cover of *Coronet*, March 1950
The postman dreams of Florida - but ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Venus’! [PART 2]
#illustrationart #USPS
#illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #ScienceFiction #future #spacetravel #spacetourism #spaceart #Venus #atomicenergy #NuclearPower
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Cover of *Coronet*, March 1950
The postman dreams of Florida - but ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Venus’! [PART 2]
#illustrationart #USPS
#illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #ScienceFiction #future #spacetravel #spacetourism #spaceart #Venus #atomicenergy #NuclearPower
March 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In MARCH 1950
👇🧵
Cover of *Coronet*, March 1950
The postman dreams of Florida - but ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Venus’! [PART 2]
#illustrationart #USPS
#illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #ScienceFiction #future #spacetravel #spacetourism #spaceart #Venus #atomicenergy #NuclearPower
👇🧵
Cover of *Coronet*, March 1950
The postman dreams of Florida - but ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Venus’! [PART 2]
#illustrationart #USPS
#illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #ScienceFiction #future #spacetravel #spacetourism #spaceart #Venus #atomicenergy #NuclearPower
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
(Mercury Press Inc., New York) October 1967.
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #Mars #MarsMission #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 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
(Mercury Press Inc., New York) October 1967.
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #Mars #MarsMission #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
#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)
'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
#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)
'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)
Saturn seen from Rhea
LIFE: ‘These astronomically accurate pictures are enlivened by no more than reasonable fancy in the detail of satellite landscapes which show in their foregrounds.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #astronomy #Saturn #Rhea
LIFE: ‘These astronomically accurate pictures are enlivened by no more than reasonable fancy in the detail of satellite landscapes which show in their foregrounds.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #astronomy #Saturn #Rhea
May 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Saturn seen from Rhea
LIFE: ‘These astronomically accurate pictures are enlivened by no more than reasonable fancy in the detail of satellite landscapes which show in their foregrounds.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #astronomy #Saturn #Rhea
LIFE: ‘These astronomically accurate pictures are enlivened by no more than reasonable fancy in the detail of satellite landscapes which show in their foregrounds.’
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #astronomy #Saturn #Rhea
The blog has now reached 4.5 million page views—but not the moon.
Rocket to the Moon
Chesley Bonestell
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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
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
Rocket to the Moon
Chesley Bonestell
Heritage Auctions Signature Illustration Art Sale New York Preview attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2025/11/herita…#ChesleyBonestellll
September 3, 2025 at 8:12 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
Illustration by #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
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell
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
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
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
‘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
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
‘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
#firstpost on Bluesky! Happy to be here.😀
Unfamiliar with the circles here yet, but I'm a #3dArtist working in #cinema4d and #redshift3d
I'm currently working on a full CG #shortfilm based on the works of #ChesleyBonestell. His paintings depict a human future throughout our solar system.
Unfamiliar with the circles here yet, but I'm a #3dArtist working in #cinema4d and #redshift3d
I'm currently working on a full CG #shortfilm based on the works of #ChesleyBonestell. His paintings depict a human future throughout our solar system.
January 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#firstpost on Bluesky! Happy to be here.😀
Unfamiliar with the circles here yet, but I'm a #3dArtist working in #cinema4d and #redshift3d
I'm currently working on a full CG #shortfilm based on the works of #ChesleyBonestell. His paintings depict a human future throughout our solar system.
Unfamiliar with the circles here yet, but I'm a #3dArtist working in #cinema4d and #redshift3d
I'm currently working on a full CG #shortfilm based on the works of #ChesleyBonestell. His paintings depict a human future throughout our solar system.
In #SEPTEMBER 1955
Painting by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
Cover of *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, vol. 9, no. 3, September 1955.
👇🧵
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists #SpaceArt #MoonBase #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
Painting by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
Cover of *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, vol. 9, no. 3, September 1955.
👇🧵
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists #SpaceArt #MoonBase #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
September 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In #SEPTEMBER 1955
Painting by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
Cover of *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, vol. 9, no. 3, September 1955.
👇🧵
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists #SpaceArt #MoonBase #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
Painting by Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)
Cover of *The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, vol. 9, no. 3, September 1955.
👇🧵
#ChesleyBonestell #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists #SpaceArt #MoonBase #ScienceFiction #SciFi #pulps
Chesley Bonestell. #ChesleyBonestell
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Chesley Bonestell. #ChesleyBonestell
‘Baby space station’s last moments. With San Francisco Bay in background, satellite plunges into atmosphere in fiery windup to 60-day flight’ (Chesley Bonestell)
#spacetravel #satellites #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #SanFranciscoBay
#spacetravel #satellites #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #SanFranciscoBay
June 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘Baby space station’s last moments. With San Francisco Bay in background, satellite plunges into atmosphere in fiery windup to 60-day flight’ (Chesley Bonestell)
#spacetravel #satellites #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #SanFranciscoBay
#spacetravel #satellites #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #SanFranciscoBay
‘The moon, “new” phase, is 15,000 miles away (below); beyond is Scorpio and a part of the Milky Way. Earth-light is illuminating the dark surface of the moon.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
September 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
‘The moon, “new” phase, is 15,000 miles away (below); beyond is Scorpio and a part of the Milky Way. Earth-light is illuminating the dark surface of the moon.’
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
#ChesleyBonestell #WillyLey #spacetravel #MoonMission #astronautics #spaceart #illustrationart #illustrationartists
Series’, were inspired by Wernher von Braun’s moonships, assembled in orbit, from the *Collier’s* series (1952-1954).
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986) for #WernhervonBraun et al, “Man on the Moon. ...” *Collier’s*, 18 October 1952.
#SciFi #illustrationart #spaceart
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986) for #WernhervonBraun et al, “Man on the Moon. ...” *Collier’s*, 18 October 1952.
#SciFi #illustrationart #spaceart
May 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Series’, were inspired by Wernher von Braun’s moonships, assembled in orbit, from the *Collier’s* series (1952-1954).
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986) for #WernhervonBraun et al, “Man on the Moon. ...” *Collier’s*, 18 October 1952.
#SciFi #illustrationart #spaceart
Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell (1888-1986) for #WernhervonBraun et al, “Man on the Moon. ...” *Collier’s*, 18 October 1952.
#SciFi #illustrationart #spaceart
Tail first, stern rockets braking her forward momentum, the ship drops to the pitted face of the Moon. Will the Earthmen find water there?’ #Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell
July 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tail first, stern rockets braking her forward momentum, the ship drops to the pitted face of the Moon. Will the Earthmen find water there?’ #Illustration by #ChesleyBonestell