Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Artist's Conception of Space Station Freedom
Full Description:
Alan Chinchar's 1991 rendition of the Space Station Freedom in orbit. The painting depicts the completed space station. Earth is used as the image's backdrop with the Moon and Mars off in the distance. Freedom was to be a permanently crewed orbiting base to be completed in the mid 1990's. It was to have a crew of 4. Freedom was an attempt at international cooperation that attempted to incorporate the technological and economic assistance, of the United States, Canada, Japan, and nine European nations. The image shows four pressurized modules (three laboratories and a habitat module) and six large solar arrays which were expected to generate 56,000 watts of electricity for both scientific experiments and the daily operation of the station. Space Station Freedom never came to fruition. Instead, in 1993, the original partners, as well as Russia, pooled their resources to create the International Space Station.
Date:
1991
NASA Center:
Headquarters
Subject Category:
Space-Station Concepts
Subject Category:
International Space Station
Subject Category:
NASA-Art
Keywords:
station
Keywords:
concepts
Keywords:
international
Keywords:
art
Keywords:
Freedom,
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Russia
facet_where:
Japan
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_when:
1993
facet_when_year:
1993
Image #:
91-HC-717
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 092
Center:
HQ
Center Number:
91-HC-717
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00092
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
Digital

Artist's Conception of Space Station Freedom