It is the 39th anniversary of the Challenger explosion (Jan. 28th), so thought I'd share this March 1981 issue, where National Geographic previewed the Space Shuttle program for America. This was the imminent Columbia (not Challenger), but I think it's still relevant and interesting. These aren't images pulled from an image search, they're direct scans (for better or worse) from my hard copy of the magazine. (the article was titled: When the Space Shuttle Finally Flies)

The primary focus of this blog has been art, so I'm mostly posting the illustrations & conceptual art that was used to explain & introduce the Shuttle program..

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