Space & Rocket

Buy the book, “Space & Rocket: The Art of Science,” offered in a 12″x 12″ hardbound version and an 8.5″x 11″ softcover “zine” version, by clicking either of these two links to the Blurb website:

12 x 12 Hardbound | Zine

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, appears intended to overwhelm. The enormous, almost incredible machines on display were designed, built, and flown by inspired, creative people who were also imperfect, fragile, and sometimes uncertain.

These images were captured during a single day’s walk through this iconic museum and focused on the human scale and subtle beauty of the machinery designed to carry us away from the Earth.

Space Shuttle Main Engines: Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25

Space Shuttle Main Engine: Coolant Transfer Duct and Steerhorn

Space Shuttle Main Engine: Steerhorn and Coolant Transfer Duct

Space Shuttle Main Engine

Apollo Saturn I Block II: First Stage Rocketdyne H-1 Engine Nozzles

Apollo Saturn V: First Stage (S-1C) Rocketdyne F-1 Engine 1

Apollo Saturn V: First Stage (S-1C) Rocketdyne F-1 Engine 2

Apollo Saturn V: First Stage (S-1C) Rocketdyne F-1 Engine Nozzle 1

Apollo Saturn V: First Stage (S-1C) Rocketdyne F-1 Engine Nozzle 2

Apollo Saturn V: Second Stage (S-II) Rocketdyne J-2 Engine 1

Apollo Saturn V: Second Stage (S-II) Rocketdyne J-2 Engines 2

Apollo Saturn V: Second Stage (S-II) Rocketdyne J-2 Engine 3

Apollo Saturn V: First Stage (S-1C) Rocketdyne F-1 Engine 3

Apollo 16 Command Module: Crew Access Hatch

Apollo 16 Command Module: Ablative Heat Shield

Apollo 16 Command Module: Reaction Control Engines 2

Rocket Motors are Both Rugged and Delicate

Aerojet Rocketdyne J-2X Engine 1

Gemini Era Space Suit: Boot and Helmet

Gemini Era Space Suit: Umbilical, Glove and Overshoes

“Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit” used by Ed White during his Gemini 4 Space Walk

Apollo Saturn V: Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) Core Memory Plane

Apollo Saturn V: Third Stage (S-IVB) with J-2 Engine 1

Apollo Saturn V: Third Stage (S-IVB) with J-2 Engine 2

Gemini Era Space Suit

Gemini Era Space Suit: Boots and Glove

Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot Dick Gordon’s Space Suit

Tennessee Valley Authority Turbine