Berkey’s Space Shuttle Challenger Art

And a pic of the ORIGINAL ART on display at the Challenger Learning Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut!

The ORIGINAL ART on display at the Challenger Learning Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut!!!

…two of Berkey’s prelims that he did for this art print…

…and in 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up Berkey did this series of 5 paintings for DISCOVER magazine (only the middle one is usually reprinted, the first 2 and the last 2 of the sequence are never shown)…

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Cape Canaveral 1964 by Berkey

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A very early 1960’s Berkey illustration called
“NASA Men”

Another early 1960’s Berkey called “Space Equipment Repair”:

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A Berkey Astronaut floating in Space

NOTE:  The original of this painting has come up for auction at www.ha.com

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**Man Lands on the Moon in 1969**!!!

ABOVE: John Berkey’s 1969 poster tribute to the Moon Landing!

The smaller silver foil print:

The prelim of this painting:

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Me in 1969

BELOW: Me and my sister watching the moon walk happen live in 1969 — what an awesome event!!!

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July 12, 1975 TV Guide

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Space Shuttle appeared in this 1980 Berkey book cover:

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SKYLAB falling back to Earth

Space Junk

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Berkey’s space telescope illustration in the Dec. 1985 LIFE Magazine:

Voyager space art for DISCOVER Magazine…

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Found in Feb 2022 — a 1960’s NASA poster!!!