Paul Drye on Nostr: Artist Grant Lathe worked for Marshall Space Flight Center from 1960 onward and was ...

Artist Grant Lathe worked for Marshall Space Flight Center from 1960 onward and was often given the assignment for more "artistic" NASA art. With the 5- (or even 6!) legged conical LEM and fancy racing livery on the CSM I have to figure this painting is from very early in the LOR period, possibly while it was still being debated. Call it about mid-1961.

I'm quite pleased that the red-and-white checks remind me of Tintin's Destination Moon rocket.

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