Apollo's Forgotten Rocket
by Douglas Castleman
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Title
Apollo's Forgotten Rocket
Artist
Douglas Castleman
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
The Apollo 7 launch on October 11, 1968, using the now almost forgotten Saturn 1B rocket. It was the first manned mission of the Apollo program, and followed the disaster of the Apollo fire which killed three astronauts. The Saturn 1B, the much smaller cousin of the huge Saturn V moon rocket, was also used in all three manned Skylab missions and the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975, its last use. (The Skylab itself was launched, unmanned, with the last Saturn V mission.) ASAA 2017 International Aerospace Exhibition, Second Place winner, Space Category.
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Comments (4)
Joe Roselle
Excellent painting Douglas - I remember our math teacher turning on the TV to watch this in 7th grade - the beginning of the glory days of NASA for sure!
Douglas Castleman replied:
Thank you, Joe. I think it was a return of the glory days, as it was the first manned flight after the Apollo fire. Plenty of glory in the early Mercury and Gemini programs.
John Wills
Great work Douglas, interesting history too. I can't imagine how hard this must have been and the patience it took draw the steel structure
Douglas Castleman replied:
Thank you, John. Those launch towers are not the most fun to paint, actually, but adds a nice compositional balance to the rocket.
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