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Untethered astronaut on spaceship hull, a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Standing at the extreme tail end of a spaceship, near the rocket's exhaust, an astronaut bends down. His disconnected safety line floats behind him.
Photograph

Two astronauts suspended by wires in a production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In this production still for "Destination Moon," two astronauts are suspended on wires. One holds a large gas canister. The other is grabbing the first. An...
Photograph

Three astronauts prepare to rescue a fourth in a production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three astronauts stand on the outer hull of a spaceship. One of them holds a large gas canister. Behind them, against a starry, black sky, floats a compani...
Photograph

Two astronauts stand on the hull of a spaceship in a publicity still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Two astronauts, played by Dick Wesson (left, holding rope) and Tom Powers, stand on the hull of their spaceship and watch in dismay as an offscreen compani...
Photograph

Two worried astronauts in a production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In a production still for "Destination Moon," two astronauts, played by Warner Anderson (left) and John Archer (holding rope) look off to the distance. Ami...
Photograph

Three astronauts on a spaceship's hull in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three astronauts standing on the exterior of their spaceship prepare to attach a safety line to the hull in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
Photograph

"Destination Moon" Still

Date: 
Description: Still from the film 1950 film "Destination Moon." The rocket ship is sitting on the lunar landscape.
Painting

Student's Earth Day Art

Date: 1970
Description: Young student's crayon and watercolor art inspired by Earth Day, consisting of Earth seen from space overlapping the Moon. A fish, a bird, and a sun decora...
Photograph

U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: The small black sensor on the end of the antenna of a model Vanguard satellite, will detect differences in radiation as the satellite passes over the earth...
Photograph

U.W. Madison Earth Satellite Project

Date: 12 08 1957
Description: Image shows seven men in a U.W. research lab posing with a life-sized model of a satellite. Professor Verner Suomi of the meteorology department led a team...
Photograph

Madison Youth with Telescopic Equipment

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: A group of Madison youth inspecting and setting up their telescopic equipment for gazing at the skies. This photograph accompanied an article about the gro...
Photograph

Satellite Flashing Across Madison Sky

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: The diagonal streak of Echo, a communications satellite, as it passed over Madison shortly after eleven PM. The image was made with the 35mm camera shutter...
Document

First International Assembly of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Date: 
Description: Cover for the brochure announcing the First International Assembly of the Academy of Television Arts that was held in New York City from November 4-11, 196...
Postcard

Largest Telescope in the World

Date: 08 19 1948
Description: Text on front reads: "Telescope with 40 in. Lens, Largest in the World. Williams Bay on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin." On reverse: "The 40 inch telescope of the ...
Postcard

Yerkes Observatory Telescope

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "The 40-inch telescope of the University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The object-glass has a diameter of 40...

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