Donald Davis

Donald Davis is a painter and animator born 21 October 1952. He created several images on commission by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Images by Donald Davis

Space exploration

Bodies

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  A planetoid collides with a young Earth.

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  Jupiter and its moon Io as seen by the Voyager 1 space probe (1977—).

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  Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (1994) on a collision approach with Jupiter.

Probes

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  The Pioneer 10 space probe (1972—) images the sun from the orbit of Neptune.

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  The Viking Orbiter spacecraft (1975–1980) releases the aeroshell-clad lander near the 'high point' of its orbit around Mars.

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  Voyager 2 space probe (1977—) on its closest approach to Saturn.

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  Voyager space probes (1977—) with the outer worlds.

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  The Galileo Probe (1989–2003) leaves the Orbiter some 180 days before the encounter.

Stations

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  Internal view of Island three design.

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  Stanford torus design under construction.

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  Internal view of the Stanford torus design.

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  External view of the Stanford torus design.

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  Internal view of the O'Neill cylinder design.

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  Bernal sphere under construction.