Art By Me

Happy birthday to Walter Marty “Wally” Schirra Jr. (March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007)!

“You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.” -Walter Schirra, Sr. on his son Wally, 1962

OH HOLY FUCK THIS IS HUGE. Anyways, I think I missed your birthday but, happy birthday @guidanceofficer!!! Here’s your guy <3

(Credit to Getty)

RIP I miss you Ed……

Some of the Astronaut Air Force boys and girls during General McConnell’s visit to NASA, 1966. Wow, they clean up well.

Warning: This photo is BIG when clicked!

(Credit to the owners) The white family

A commission for @cosmo-naute of the crew of the Voskhod 1! From left to right: Boris Yegorov, Vladimir Komarov, and Konstantin Feoktistov. Thank you so much for commissioning me!! <33

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I’ve posted this picture before, but I really love this photo of the Deke Slayton and the New Nine laughing during the Nine’s introductory press conference. Only Ed White can keep a poker face.

NEIL BELIEVES IN YOU!!! <3

Ko-fi | Commission info | Redbubble

“Garbed as vaudevillians, Grissom and Shepard engage in a bit of horseplay during the early days of the Mercury program. When Grissom gave the photos to [NASA artist] Cece Bibby, she asked him what they were up to. He just said, ‘Fun and games, baby, fun and games.’”

–Ray E. Boomhower, Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut