Orion Ares I Cutaway
20" x 30" 300 ppi 3D Digital Illustration (2007)
© Alliant Techsystems Inc.

 

NASA's Ares I Launch Vehicle and Orion Spacecraft includes ATK's five-segment solid rocket booster first stage and a 200 inch diameter second stage powered by a single J-2X engine. The Ares I will be one of NASA's new generation of Launch Vehicles that will take America to the Moon and beyond in the 21st Century.

More images at ATK's Safe Simple Soon Website. http://safesimplesoon.com.

Artist's Note: This illustration was created with Autodessyes FormZ 6.0/Renderzone and Adobe Photoshop CS2. Hardware was an Apple Power Macintosh G5 Dual 2.5 Ghz and a Wacom Intuos Graphics Tablet.

1260 x 1800 image

  
 
Many of the ATK paintings are available as high quality lithographs through ATK Launch Systems, MS PUBS, PO Box 707, Brigham City, Utah 84302. While not normally available to the general public, the prints are available to military units, aerospace organizations and industry representatives. Reproduced with permission of Alliant Techsystems, Inc. Unauthorized use of this image is strictly forbidden.