Robert
T. McCall
Apollo and
Soyuz After Docking and Earth (1975)
Highly
acclaimed as a space artist, Robert T. McCall is celebrated for
his visionary masterpieces. His World War II service in the Army
Air Corps inspired a lifelong interest in aerospace subjects.
Among the first artists to be invited into NASA’s fine arts
program, he has documented such historical events as the Mercury,
Gemini, and Apollo missions. His multi-story murals in the National
Air and Space Museum and his paintings for such films as 2001:
A Space Odyssey and Star Trek: The Motion Picture
are regarded as icons of the genre. Two of the 21 U.S. postage
stamps he designed were cancelled on the moon before a worldwide
audience.