Rand, McNally & Co.: The Moon
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Cartographer:
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Rand, McNally & Co.
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Title:
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The Moon
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Date:
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1958
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Published:
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Chicago
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Width:
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41 inches / 105 cm
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Height:
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26 inches / 67 cm
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Map ref:
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CELEST1187
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Description:
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Map poster celebrating early American achievements in the Space-Race. A photo-mosaic lunar map produced from imagery provided by the Lick Observatory in California, with panels of information about craters and early satellites.
This piece was produced by Chicago-based publishers Rand, McNally & Company in 1958, just one year after the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik I in October 1957.
The first American satellite was Explorer I which was launched atop the first Juno booster rocket in January 1958. It remained in orbit until 1970! 🛰
The Vanguard satellite and the Vanguard rocket launched in March 1958, was the fourth American earth-orbiting satellite, and the first to be solar-powered. Communication was lost in 1964 but it remains in orbit. 💫
Alongside these is the research vehicle, a Jupiter-C rocket, which was used for three sub-orbital spaceflights between 1956-1957. This model was the pre-cursor to the Juno I launch vehicle for the Vanguard satellite.
Printed colour. (SL) [CELEST1187] |