“SPACE STATION OPERATIONS – In this Boeing painting by Paul Hudson, Space Station Freedom receives new supplies via a logistics module delivered by the space shuttle. An astronaut performs Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) below the truss. The space station is depicted here at Permanently Manned Capability (PMC). NASA will reach PMC in 2000 after 18 assembly flights. Year-round life sciences, microgravity, and technology research will be performed by a four-person permanent crew. Boeing is NASA’s prime contractor for Space Station Freedom’s work package one, building the living, laboratory and logistics modules; connecting nodes, viewing cupolas; and selected onboard systems needed to sustain crew life in space. Boeing’s space station work is under way at facilities in Huntsville, Ala., near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.”
This particular work was also featured in a subsequent Boeing “Space Station Freedom” poster, with the following subtitle:
“NASA and Boeing are building Space Station Freedom where the unique properties of space promise to unlock scientific mysteries benefitting all mankind.”
Although barely hinted at in this photo, in the poster, the black TPS tiles of the orbiter's SSME heat shield can be seen to bear their individual white tile numbers. Although of course not legible, their inclusion is a testimony to Mr. Hudson's exquisite attention to detail. His works are genuinely gorgeous.
The man:
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