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Lot 21
  • 21

APOLLO PROGRAM

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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • "Apollo Command Service Module in Atmospheric Test Chamber," illustration, ca 1962
  • oil, canvas
Oil on artist's board, 20¾ x 19¾ in., unsigned. Matted, glazed, and framed to 25 x 23½ in. 

Catalogue Note

A finely detailed original illustration depicting a team of eight North American Aviation engineers running tests on the Apollo Command Service Module (CSM) in a conceptual Atmospheric Test Chamber. The Command Service Module was, along with the Lunar Module (LM) the spacecraft built by North American Aviation for NASA to land astronauts on the moon during the Unites States Apollo program.