The Flickr Spacecraftinterior Image Generatr

"One astronaut will always be fully suited in space attire for emergency."

Above per the numbered black & white version, linked to below.

One of many gorgeous images in this 1963-series of NAA/NASA works by Gary Meyer.

I've never seen this in color prior to this. In wonderful condition, with ample gloss.

Note the identical rotational(?) hand controllers…on what appears to be the LMP’s couch. Huh? But hey, it’s only 1963, so all is forgiven. 😉 And it’s Gary Meyer!

An illustration from Wernher von Braun’s 1958/60 book, “First Men to the Moon”

Too cool. Delightful. Amusing. Entertaining. Intricate. By the hand of the supremely talented Fred Freeman:

www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/images/realdesigns/...

With other wonderful images providing context. Make sure to read the associated text & captions of the other images:

www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns.php
Both above credit: “ATOMIC ROCKETS” website

And, not surprisingly, at John Sisson’s delightful “Dreams of Space” blog:

dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-men-to-moon-this...

Specifically:

blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBTTJ...

5.06” x 9.31”, with a wonderful satin sheen to the image. The photo is dated the same day the serialization of von Braun’s book was published in “This Week Magazine”.

I've been told by an expert on the subject that this isn't just a prototype of the Skylab spaceship, this is a fully functional Skylab that was never launched into space. I don't remember much about shooting this, including why I didn't get more photos of the exterior, or any of the living quarters. I suppose my only excuse was that I didn't have the time to see everything as I wanted to in the museum and that I ended up getting only highlights of many of the displays at the museum. (The wide shots suggest that there were a number of air and space craft that I had neglected getting close individual shots of,) Also, closing time was fast approaching, so I had to be quick with everything I saw and would take a photo of.

This photo was taken with my Vivitar 400 S/L camera, using my Vivitar 28mm wide angle lens. I shot with Eastman Kodak 5247 motion picture stock, rated at ASA 100. I had the negative scanned at Samy's Camera in Pasadena. I may have put a tad too much magenta in color correcting the image, but I wanted to tone down the cyan the florescent lights inside the spacecraft showed.

An exceedingly rare, but shitty and…surprise, surprise…reversed photograph (CARELESS, CLUELESS, DUMB-ASS NASA PHOTO PUKES) of John Young, taken by Michael Collins during their Gemini X flight,
I assume post-EVA. However, if so, who knows which one it’s after.

A wonderful depiction of the “control cabin” of a manned spacecraft in the immediate vicinity of an unidentified/unidentifiable planet. I think this is great…from the clever & imaginative perspective to the range of knobs, dials, levers, buttons & switches, to the Millennium Falcon-looking ‘cockpit’ in the background behind the copilot/navigator. The plethora of windows reminds me of the cupola of the ISS. And check out the gnarly looking levers? extending from the overhead panel directly behind the hand of the copilot/navigator. Finally, note also the spherical, graduated 'astrogator'? at the bottom foreground AND what look like throat microphones worn by both crew members.
Reality & plausibility be damned, this looks cool.

~7.25” x ~9.25”.

The artist responsible, Arthur H. Lidov:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lidov
Credit: Wikipedia

www.nytimes.com/1991/01/02/obituaries/arthur-lidov-73-art...
Credit: New York Times website

Mr. Lidov was maybe best-known for illustrating the cover to the first printing of Ray Bradbury's “The Martian Chronicles.” See linked photo below.

WHO knew??? Did YOU?? I did NOT!

It’s worth your time Googling his other works.

Separately, check this out, I stumbled upon it while researching Mr. Lidov. Wow:

www.hansliska.com/futurism
Credit: VG BILD-KUNST, Johannes Schick & "Hans Liska" website

Based on the stamped date on the verso, the photograph may have been released/re-released(?) in conjunction with the historic Voskhod 2 mission. Although I really don’t know my Vostok/Voskhod capsule interiors, other than there is indeed a lot of similarity, based on the central location of the apparent single ejection seat, I think this is a Vostok capsule, confirmed at the following links. I also think the ribbed surface of the helmet further supports this being Vostok.

The only other photograph of a legitimately similar/same(?) capsule is at the following delightful – and, although I don’t read Romanian – I think knowledgeable website:

stiintasitehnica.com/iuri-gagarin-cosmos/

Specifically:

stiintasitehnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/vostok-in...
Both above credit: “STIINTA TEHNICA” website

The image is also at the following. Fascinating reading as well:

www.thebooks.su/read/452908-starman-the-truth-behind-the-...
Credit: “books, E-library” website

I would think, maybe, this to be a training capsule. The helmet the cosmonaut/test subject is wearing certainly appears to be a training version. Check out the appearance of the “CCCP” stenciling job, it looks worse than some of the yard/garage sale signs I’ve made for my wife. Or maybe it was airbrushed in, although it looks 'organic' to the image.

“Gemini-8 back-up [crew of Charles?] “Pete” Conrad, command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon, pilot, enter the Gemini-8 spacecraft for a simulated test at the White Room level of Complex 19. Flight crew for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s three day mission is Neil A. Armstrong, command pilot, and David R. Scott, pilot.”

“CHART: Capsule Comparison. Shot for Heiser & Deberk.”

A wonderful & most gratifying find…in several ways. First, I’d never seen this particular ‘capsule comparison’ depiction; ranging from the Mercury capsule’s non-standard cutaway depiction, i.e., it pointing away, to the Apollo Command Module being of the Direct Ascent variety, with periscopes extended (although pointing in the wrong direction).
Most significantly – in my world – the Gemini capsule depiction – the only spacecraft firing its reaction control system thruster btw – in combination with the sun-earth?/moon? conjunction permitted identification of the artist. That being the (I’m sure unintentionally) enigmatic Arnold Pierce. A major WIN.
This then leads to/supports other similar & derivative early works to also be potentially attributable to Mr. Pierce. Although, I exclusively associated Mr. Pierce to be a McDonnell Aircraft Corporation artist, this however being a Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)-issued photo.
Yessiree, too many tedious & pointless observations, but to me, good stuff…preserved.

Heiser: Joseph M. Heiser Jr.?

Deberk: I think this is a botch job of Gerd De Beek, whose position & other "shot for" reference pretty much confirms. If you wish to go down the rabbit hole with me a little, see the below linked TM-1 LEM photo.

“Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. inside the Gemini 5 spacecraft as it orbited the Earth. Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. took this photograph.”

Above at/per:

science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/GT5/100740...

“Command pilot James McDivitt and lunar module pilot Russell Schweickart are shown in this drawing in the lunar module that they tested Wednesday. They entered through the docking tunnel.”

Another delightful rendition by Russ Arasmith, as usual, with rich & wonderful attention to detail. With that, note the stowed Portable Life Support System (PLSS) back pack (with the NASA logo) & two Oxygen Purge System (OPS) components behind the Astronaut in the docking tunnel. Apollo 9 was the first use/test of the Apollo Program's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)/PLSS/OPS ensemble inflight & ‘outside’.
Also, as was often the case with Arasmith works, there being a series/sequence of them, it bears a plate number, “5” in this case, at the lower left corner).

The official NASA caption/description:

“Cutaway of day three activities. Crewmen leave third team member in command module and enter lunar module through docking tunnel. One astronaut shown entering through tunnel while the other is already at one of two side-by-side standing stations in LM. The latter looks out of docking window.”

The above, with an immaculate version, along with the rest of the series, from/at the following.
The proprietor of this site, Mr. Jerome Bascom-Pipp, is EASILY one of the best, most honorable human beings I’ve ever come across:

apollomissionphotos.com/index_art_ap9.html
Credit: Jerome Bascom-Pipp/"Apollo Mission Control Photo Plus" website

Russell Arasmith, a full & rich life:

www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/westminster-ca/russell...
Credit: Dignity Memorial website

The astronauts perform their system checks while in orbit.

Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon

by Charles Coombs
Scholastic Books, Inc., 1965

The astronauts maneuver the bug into position and docks with the orbiting command module.

Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon

by Charles Coombs
Scholastic Books, Inc., 1965

“Block II Mockup showing side consoles and the main display panel at the Systems Manager’s station.”

Probably, originally a 1965 North American Aviation (NAA) documentation photograph taken at its Downey, California manufacturing plant.

So, I’m a little confused, based on a previously posted photograph (from late 1964), reference to the Systems Manager station pertained to Boilerplate No. 14/House Spacecraft No. 1, at NAA. A spacecraft, based on external configuration, I identified as being a Block I version of the Apollo Command Module.

This instrument panel/console, indeed a Block II, and referenced as such, would then, not be the aforementioned vehicle, right? The caption/description does refer to this as a mockup, not boilerplate, and it is supposedly six months later. I suppose a mockup can also have a Systems Manager station?
You see what I’m saying? Thus my ensuing confusion?

Regardless, although not yet numbered here, this panel was to become panel no. 3. Other than panel no. 2, the larger center panel, which features “MN BUS B UNDERVOLT”, this is probably the most famous/historic Apollo Command Module panel, as it contains both the “SCE to AUX” switch and the “MASTER ALARM” indicator.

For reference, at the ALWAYS superlative HEROIC RELICS website:

heroicrelics.org/info/csm/cm-ctrl-panel.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/heroicrelics.org

See also:

history.nasa.gov/afj/ap12fj/a12-lightningstrike.html
Credit: Apollo Flight Journal (Apollo 12) website

“Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, is seen at the commander’s station of the Space Shuttle Challenger as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere on re-entry. The friction results in a pinkish glow visible through the forward windows on the flight deck. The scene was exposed with a 35mm camera.”

“APOLLO 16 SUBSATELLITE----An artist’s concept depicting the lunar Particles and Fields subsatellite, built by TRW Inc., as it might appear to the Apollo 16 astronauts shortly after its ejection into orbit around the Moon from the Apollo spacecraft. The 30-inch-high, 80-pound satellite is mounted in the SIM bay of the Apollo 16 Service Module. The small satellite will orbit the Moon to study magnetic and gravitational fields and sample the charged particle composition of space near the Moon. This satellite is nearly identical to the one carried to the Moon by Apollo 15. These launches illustrate the feasibility of launching unmanned spacecraft from NASA’s proposed orbiting Space Shuttle. The figures of the three men represent Astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly, and Charles M. Duke Jr. This is TRW Inc. artwork.”

If the listing of the crew is from foreground-to-background, that does vaguely look a little like Young and the astronaut in the background does also look a little like Duke; however, the marginalized gent squeezed up between the crew couches does not at all look like Mattingly. I don’t actually think they’d be in these positions, especially during the deployment of the subsatellite. Also, looks like 'Charlie' is about to punch something into an inaccurately depicted DSKY panel...possibly from a Block I CM configuration? Wonderful, nonetheless.

The TRW artist is the immensely talented John Desatoff. Not surprisingly, Mr. Desatoff's works were featured in a 1968 Smithsonian Institute traveling museum/exhibition entitled “Exploring Space: Paintings by John Desatoff,” which now reside in the Institution's archives.

TMI, but very informative:

www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001128.html
Credit: collectSPACE website

Also:

heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-subsatellite.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/heroicrelics.org

Most importantly, Rest In Peace Mr. Desatoff, and THANK YOU:

www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=john-j-...
Credit: Legacy website

“Interior view of the Lunar Module (LM) 6 looking back to right side of tunnel. The Environmental Control System (ECS) package and the Oxygen Purge System (OPS) are shown in there stowed positions.

The Lunar Module (LM) is designed to transport two men safely from the Command Service Module (CSM), in lunar orbit, to the lunar surface and return to the CSM. The LM provides operational capabilities such as communications, telemetry, environmental support, the transport of scientific equipment to the lunar surface, and the return of surface samples with the crew to the CSM, and is designed to operate for 48 hours after separation from the CSM, with a maximum stay time of 44 hours.”

If dated correctly, the photograph was taken two weeks prior to delivery to the Kennedy Space Center. I have doubts about the OPS being flight hardware. Why would it be at Bethpage? I’d expect such to be received, inspected, tested(?) and stowed onboard the spacecraft at KSC. Although it does appear to be strapped down...on the ascent engine cover...maybe for shipment. Although that's not where it goes for flight.

OPS flight stowage for Apollo 11:

www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ap11-PLSS-noID.jpg
Credit: ALSJ website

Note also that the Manufacturer (GAEC) identification plate has not yet been affixed to the spacecraft...to the right of the radioactive warning trefoil, on the forward face of the ascent engine cover. The plate is clearly visible in the linked photo.

Abundant identification plate discussion:

www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/001302.html
Credit: collectSPACE website

mosaics of Apollo 17 16mm recording. may not accurately reflect LM geometry, not for research purposes.

Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell, trying to get some desperately needed rest in the cold & dark Lunar Module "Aquarius".

Post-flight documentation photo of the interior of the Gemini 5 capsule.
Interesting/odd: The switch/knob labeling (toward the top of the photo) is "inverted".
At first I thought that it was possibly easier for the Astronaut to turn his head around and look up & back, than to tilt the head straight back, possibly arching the back to assist. Being an ejection seat, I figured there probably wasn’t much play in it, especially for head movement. However, I also can’t imagine the space suit comfortably allowing for that much head rotation & pivoting, further compounded by helmet field-of-vision limitations. Idk.

“ACME” = Attitude Control and Maneuver Electronics

Post-flight documentation photo of the interior of the Gemini 5 capsule.
Amongst the other cool things going on here, to include multiple hand-written reminders by Cooper & Gordon, note particularly "WHEN THESE ARE ON, ASSUME THEY ARE GREEN", immediately above the ringed checklist, stowed in the right pedestal pouch, at the bottom of the photo.

Check this out...apparently...only on spacecraft 5, were there two fuel cell delta (change in) pressure indicator lamps installed on the right instrument panel. They'd turn red in the event of a malfunction of some sort.
My read: Their "one off" location/placement and (I guess), lack of green(?)/any(?) illumination indicates conditions/status are nominal/within tolerance. Hence and understandably meriting a memory aid/reminder by the crew. Being under "monitor and display", as it pertains to re-entry, obviously pretty important.

Extract pertaining to the above:

"...An out of tolerance delta pressure indication is also provided by the fuel cell delta pressure (FCAP) telelights on the center instrument panel. The lights are illuminated red when a malfunction exists. On spacecraft 5 only, two FCAP indicator lamps on the right instrument panel are illuminated red when a malfunction exists..."

At: en.wikisource.org/wiki/NASA_Project_Gemini_Familiarizatio...
Credit: "NASA Project Gemini Familiarization Manual" at Wikisource

Further to the right, hand-annotated under the Flight Director/Atitude Indicator, aka the "Eight Ball", is "GMTLO 13+59." (and whatever else further to the right, off the photo)". Greenwich Mean Time Liftoff, which was indeed 1359.
It's this kind of human-produced minutia - only when associated with (preferably manned) space exploration (of yore) of course - is cool as sh!t!!!

I miss it.