From Space to Sea:
The Navy's Role in Manned Space Flight
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Astronaut John Glenn By George Sottung Acrylic Painting, 1962 Navy Art Collection 88-162-UT LTC John Glenn, USMC walks to his spacecraft known as "Freedom 7" at Cape Canaveral, Florida on 20 February 1962. With this mission, he became the first American to orbit the earth. |
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Apollo 12, Astronaut Alan Bean on the Moon By George Sottung Watercolor, 1967 Navy Art Collection 88-162-UU As the fourth man to walk on the moon, Alan Bean served as the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12. During his time on the moon he collected rock samples and installed equipment to measure the moon’s seismic activity and magnetic field. |
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Astronaut Commander Alan Shepard, Jr. By George Gray Pencil Drawing, 1961 Navy Art Collection 88-161-PJ This portrait shows Alan Shepard in 1961 after he became the second man in space and the first American in space. Over ten years later, he commanded Apollo 14 and became the fifth man to walk on the moon. |
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Apollo – Soyuz Recovery By George Gray Watercolor, 1975 Navy Art Collection 88-161-QO UDT swimmers recover the command module from the Apollo-Soyuz mission, the first manned space flight conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union; this was also the last of the Apollo missions. |
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Apollo 13 Space Capsule on Dolley By Peter Hayward Painting Navy Art Collection 82-138-A Apollo 13 was to be the third manned mission to the moon, commanded by James Lovell, Captain, USN. While en route to the moon, an explosion within an oxygen tank caused the mission to be aborted and forced an emergency return to earth. The mission has been termed "a successful failure" since the astronauts came back to earth safely. |
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