space program

A still from <n>Al Reinert</n>'s 1989 film <n>For All Mankind</n>, with music by <n>Brian Eno</n>.

<n>The Pacifist</n> by <n>Richard Hescox</n>, cover art for <n>Robert E. Vardeman</n>'s novel <n>Space Vectors</n>.

A model of an undersea hotel from <n>General Motors</n>' <n>Futurama II</n> exhibit at the 1964-65 <n>New York World's Fair</n>.

A <n>retro-futurist</n> vision of 21st-century travel, illustrated by <n>Syd Mead</n>.

The <n>Buzludzha Monument</n> in Bulgaria, photographed by <n>Maria Bryzhko</n> and used as cover art by <n>Oliver Buckland</n>.

<n>Retro-Futuristic Living Room</n>, a digital illustration by artist <n>Louis Le Roy</n>.

A test of a <n>catapult escape system</n> in Arizona, 1963. Photo by <n>Robert Bisson</n> for <n>The National Geographic</n>.

A still of actor <n>Keir Dullea</n> from <n>Stanley Kubrick</n>'s 1968 film <n>2001: A Space Odyssey</n>.

The first launch of <n>Space Shuttle Columbia</n> from the <n>Kennedy Space Center Control Room</n>, 1981. Photo by <n>NASA</n>.

<n>Joe Colombo</n>'s <n>Space Age</n> interior for the <n>Visiona 1</n> exhibition in Cologne, 1969.

Promotional painting by <n>Robert McCall</n> for <n>Stanley Kubrick</n>'s 1968 film <n>2001: A Space Odyssey</n>.

The <n>Malin Residence (Chemosphere)</n> in Los Angeles, designed by architect <n>John Lautner</n>. Photo by <n>Julius Shulman</n>.

The <n>NASA</n> <n>Apollo 11</n> launch, July 16, 1969. Photo by <n>Ralph Morse</n> for <n>LIFE Picture Collection</n>.

The interior of <n>Pierre Cardin</n>'s <n>Palais Bulles</n> in France, designed by architect <n>Antti Lovag</n>.

A still of <n>Keir Dullea</n> as <n>Dave Bowman</n> in <n>Stanley Kubrick</n>'s 1968 film <n>2001: A Space Odyssey</n>.

<n>Panton</n>’s dream in a parallel universe, an interior imagined by <n>THE VXSXONS</n>.

<n>Sigourney Weaver</n> as <n>Ellen Ripley</n> in <n>Ridley Scott</n>'s 1979 film, <n>Alien</n>.

A 1968 promotional poster for the film <n>2001: A Space Odyssey</n> by artist <n>Robert McCall</n>.