Atompunk Era

Interior of an O'Neill Cylinder from T. A. Heppenheimer’s Colonies in Space (Stackpole Books, 1977).

A future moon colony goes underground, imagined in a detail from a 1968 illustration by David Meltzer, published the next year in National Geographic.

A future construction crew at work in a massive spherical space colony in 1976 NASA concept art by Don Davis.

Life in a space colony, by Robert McCall (1919-2010).

Fogo Island Studios by Saunders Architecture

Cabana Bay Beach Resort - Universal Orlando

Mid Century Modern Art Sculpture Eames Era Tiki 60’s Retro Danish Modern Sputnik Cool

Bolwoningen, Netherlands, 1968

Fashion photographer Richard Avedon captures Dovima posing with an Atlas-Able rocket at Cape Canaveral, 1959.

The space age Living Capsule - Sanyo Electric Corporation, 1970

1950s Space Age LPs

A mold-o-rama, a 1950s vending machine that makes an instant plastic toy souvenir on the spot.