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Above: Apollo astronaut Alan Bean and I talking art technique - a bucket list fulfillment! Above photos credit: Andrew Chaikin.
Above: I had the great honor of listening to Apollo astronauts Gene Cernan and Dick Gordon describe spiritual aspects that they saw in my work, "Orinon Nebula M42". They both own a print of the painting. :-)
Photos credit: Jillene Straub #1 & 2, Lucy West #3
1) Dick Gordon:Gemini 11 & Apollo 12 2) Alan Bean: Apollo 12 & Skylab 3) Al Worden: Apollo 15 4) Mike Mullane: STS-27, 36 & 41 Photo credits: Andrew Chaiking #1, Jillene Straub #2 & #3
1) Alan Bean talking to Jillene Straub 2) Edgar Mitchell: Apollo 14 3)Paul Weitz: Skylab 1 & STS-6
Photo credits: Lucy West #1, Jillene Straub #2 & #3
Above: 1) Walt Cunnigham: Apollo7, Dot Cunningham, J. Strub and me 2) Charlie Duke: Apollo 16 3) Alan Bean
Photo credits: Jani Radebaugh #1, Jillene Straub #2, Phil Plait & Nick Howes #3
Above: 1) Gene Cernan: Gemini 9, Apollo 10, 17 2) Fred Haise: Apollo 13 3) Buzz Aldrin: Gemini 12, Apollo 11 4) Vance Brand: Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, 35 & 41
Photo credit: Lucy West
Above: Hanging out with author Andrew Chaikin, Vickie Chaikin and Dick Gordon :-)
Photo credit: Lucy West
Above: Enjoying a lively discussion with Apollo astronaut AL Worden and ESA?astronomer Nick Howes.
Photo credit: Lucy West
Above: A birthday toast to Pete Conrad by Dick Gordon and Alan Bean during the dinner banquet.
Photo credit: Lucy West
Above: 1) Walt & Dot Cunningham 2) Planetary scientist Jani Radebaugh 3) Radebaugh & Jillene Straub
Above: 1) & 2) Lucy photo-bombing Charlie Duke! 3) Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke with award
1) Author and speaker Andy Chaikin 2) Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan 3 & 4) Apollo astronaut Al Bean & astronomer Phil Plait
Above: 1) Astronomers Phil Plait & Nick Howes 2) Lucy & Howes 3) Lucy and Plait 4) Space Broadcaster Robert Brand, Straub & Howes
Above: 1) Robert Brand & Lucy 2) Planetary scientists Dan Durda, Lucy & Plait
Above: 1) Meteorite Men's Geoff Notkin, space artist Kim Poor and planetary scientist Jane McArthur, Space broadcaster Robert Brand and Novaspace's staff Lisa White 2) Hayden Planetarium's Visual Director Carter Emmart & Lucy 3) lucy & SETI's Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak 4) Space Artists: Marilynn Flynn, Pam Lee, Michelle Rouch, Dan Durda, Lucy West, Mike Carroll
Above: 1) Author Colin Burgess 2) Jillene Straub & Nick Howes 3) Film maker Jeffery Roth, Comet Hale-Bop co-discoverer Alan Hale, Lucy, Howes, Straub 4) Geoff Notkin
Lucy & her big fluffy ribbon, Best in Show - "Orion Nebula M42"