Appealing original watercolor painting by NASA suit technician-turned-artist Ron Woods, entitled 'Von Braun Rocks I,' depicting an overhead view of the historic launch of the Apollo 11 mission, signed and dated below by the artist, Ron Woods, 2017." Impressively triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 25 x 27.25; Woods has signed and titled the frame backing in silver ink. Includes Woods's original sales receipt, which he has filled out and signed. In very fine condition.
During the Apollo program, Ron Woods worked for ILC as a suit technician performing suit maintenance, interface testing with the Command Module, Lunar Module, and Lunar Rover vehicles, and insertion of astronauts in Command and Lunar modules for training. He suited crewmembers for Apollo 8, 11, 15, all Skylab missions, and Apollo-Soyuz. He also supported the first two Space Shuttle missions as a suit technician at KSC and three additional missions at primary and back-up landing sites.
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