Dean Ellis: Space Shuttle Columbia

Artist: Dean Ellis
1920 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1992
Image Size: 16.5 by 18.75 inches
Overall Size: 19.5 by 22 inches
Medium: Tempera on Masonite

The mission faced by Columbia shuttle commander John W. Young and his pilot Robert L. Crippen was the most basic, yet most important, a shuttle crew would face. They were to demonstrate a safe launch into orbit and a safe return of the ship. It would mark the first time that a new space vehicle carried a crew on its initial flight. Decades of NASA research and the efforts of thousands of scientists and support pesonnel were flying with Young and Crippen. If they could verify the combined performance of the shuttle package -- orbiter, rocket boosters and external tank -- NASA could move forward aggressively with the shuttle program, extending its quest into space. On April 12, 1981, at 7:00:03 a.m. EST, all eyes at the Kennedy Space Center were focused on launch pad 39-A as Columbia successfully lifted off into a clear blue sky and a new era of space exploration was born.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. 29¢ Space Shuttle stamp issued May 29, 1992.

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