Chasing The Moon: The Bookさんのイラストまとめ

Among the spotted books on display:

THE MAKING OF A MOON: The Story of the Earth Satellite Program; Arthur C. Clarke (1957)

THE EXPLORATION OF MARS; Willy Ley & Wernher von Braun (1956)

ACROSS THE SPACE FRONTIER (1953)

THE AIRMAN’S WORLD; Gil Robb Wilson (1957)
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April 26, 1961: The Swiss satirical Nebelspalter magazine features an illustration by Jean Leffel of Yuri Gagarin breaking the chains of gravity…and (perhaps) Soviet control. Courtesy of @propagandopolis

March 29, 1961: At a Soviet Academy of Science press conference about the imminent flight of a human into space, a spokesperson refutes Western reports that Russian cosmonauts had died in secret space missions. This is a “complete fabrication…entirely and absolutely unfounded.”

Humphrey has to talk about anything that comes into his head while riffing on space technology. This extends to awkward reflections about how any college student who isn’t an optimist is “sick” and how housewives will soon clean their drapes with space age vacuum cleaners.

January 15, 1975: Space Mountain opens at Walt Disney World. (It will be visited by real astronauts and cosmonauts within a few days.)

@Jon_Alexandr He appeared on screen in Disney’s “Man in Space” and was rumored to have been the model for Ludwig Von Drake.

August 3, 1972: In a closed session, the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences met to hear testimony from NASA's James Fletcher, George Low, and the Apollo 15 astronauts regarding the commercial sale of stamp covers and replicas of the "Fallen Astronaut" statue. 1/2

March 29, 1961: At a Soviet Academy of Science press conference about the imminent flight of a human into space, a spokesperson refutes Western reports that Russian cosmonauts had died in secret space missions. This is a “complete fabrication…entirely and absolutely unfounded.”

January 15, 1975: Space Mountain opens at Walt Disney World. (It will be visited by real astronauts and cosmonauts within a few days.)

@NevinPower In 1967, the MOLAB even appeared in Humble Oil advertising.