NASA Space Art

Berkey’s Space Shuttle Challenger Art

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

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

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

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…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”

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

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A Berkey Astronaut floating in Space

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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**!!!

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

The smaller silver foil print:

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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

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Space Junk

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

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Voyager space art for DISCOVER Magazine…

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