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Going to Mars by Way of its Moons  
Working on Deimos
A scientific laboratory nestled in a crater on the North Pole of Deimos, Mars' second moon, is in perfect position to observe and launch missions to The Red Planet.
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Observing Our Star  
The Solar B Observatory
A joint project of JAXA, NAOJ, NASA, Lockheed Martin, SAO and PPARC, Solar B will soon be launched to study our star at the highest resolutions.
Solar B
The Chandra X-ray Observatory  
To See With New Eyes
Today's most powerful, high resolution
x-ray imaging telescope.

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The STARDUST Comet Sample Return Mission  
In History's Way
The STARDUST spacecraft makes final adjustments and braces for impact as Comet Wild-2, carrying information dating from the formation of our solar system, overtakes rapidly from behind.
An adaptation from "Encounter ~ The Final Trim"
for the cover of "Scientific American".
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The STARDUST Panoramas  
Mission Art created for NASA and CalTech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory  

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Encounter ~ The Final Trim
2004: After its five year journey, the STARDUST spacecraft prepares to enter the coma of Comet Wild-2 and return the first samples to Earth.   Get a Print!
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In The Thick Of It
Now deep inside the comet's coma at closest approach to the nucleus, the spacecraft is pummeled by particles as it speeds past at 13,000 miles per hour.
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Headin' Home
Mission Success! Severely pummeled but triumphantly intact, the spacecraft has now passed out of danger. Its Whipple Shields bearing the scars of battle can be easily seen as the spacecraft sails on toward home.   Get a Print!
The STARDUST QuickTime Virtual Reality  

The QuickTimeVR made from the STARDUST Panoramas.  


3D Modeled/Rendered/Animated

Marstropolis DawnMarstropolis Sunrise
Marstropolis

This a life-sized 3D model of an island city on a terraformed Mars.
Let there be flying cars...


ArrivalTo Go And Learn...

You've awakened after a long journey and looked out of the port.


Dyson SphereHome Sphere Home
An advanced civilization encases their feeble star by diamantling the Solar System in order to capture as much energy as possible.

Above the Poles of Barsoom Space Art  Space Art The Visitor

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Low Orbit Space Art  Space Art Landfall

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Refuge Space Art  Space Art The Immovable Inscrutable Illuminant

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Imperial Earth Space Art

Dockmaster
BioLibraryPaintingsPhotographyHimselfRe-enter

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