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Skylab
Skylab
Skylab

Skylab

Artist (United States, 1893 - 1986)
Printer (United States)
Publisher (United States, 1964 - 1996)
Date1978
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsIMAGE/SHEET: 21 x 27 15/16 in.
IMAGE/SHEET: 533 x 710 mm
Object TypePrints
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert E. Johnson
Edition222/300
Object number2017.101
On View
Not on view
Description

Artist and designer Raymond Loewy worked for NASA from 1967 to 1973 as a habitability consultant for the Skylab space station, which launched in 1973. One of NASA's goals in hiring Loewy was to improve the psychological sense of safety and comfort of the spacecraft’s occupants. Unfortunately for the astronauts, most of Loewy’s recommendations were not adopted. Copies of some of Loewy’s renderings for Skylab are in the Exploration Station and accessible through Smartify.

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1978
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Raymond Loewy
December 1978
2017.18
Hydrofoil
Raymond Loewy
1978
2017.98
Air Force One
Raymond Loewy
December 1978
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1979
2017.99
Moonlanding
Raymond Loewy
1979
2017.100
Title unknown
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1968
2011.200
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Raymond L. Creekmore
ca. 1935
2017.575
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Raymond L. Creekmore
ca. 1934
2015.140
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Raymond Spilman
ca. 1933
2016.36