NASA’s Art Program began in 1962 and enlisted some of the era’s greatest visual artists from various disciplines and backgrounds to convey the Space Agency’s research in ways more interesting to the public than graphs and scientific reports. The collection includes artworks by such legends as Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell, and Annie Leibovitz.
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'Sky Garden' by Robert Rauschenberg, 1969 (lithograph on canvas)
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| 'Moonwalk 1' by Andy Warhol, 1987 (silkscreen on paper) |
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| 'Gemini Launch Pad' by James Wyeth, 1964 (watercolor on paper) |
NASA/ART: 50 Years of Exploration is written James D. Dean, founder of the NASA Art Program and its director from 1962 to 1974.
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