February 26, 1966, marked the first unmanned test flight of an entire production Block I Apollo Command/Service Module and the Saturn IB launch vehicle. The spacecraft consisted of the second Block I command module and the first Block I service module. The suborbital flight was a partially successful demonstration of the service propulsion system and the reaction control systems of both modules, and successfully demonstrated the capability of the Command Module's heat shield to survive re-entry from low Earth orbit.



It was indeed one small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind as it marked the start of the Apollo Space Program and everything that followed, bringing our species to it's first walk on a surface other than our own. In light of Apollo Space Program’s 51st anniversary, visual effects artist & photographer Robert Alexander Quinn brings to life for the first time, a curation of images from N.A.S.A.’s Human Space Flight Gallery / Public Image Archives, through his unique renders of color & light.





His approach is an artistic one, based outside reality, painting from imagination, motivated by the excitement & inspiration on all fronts, the era so generously offered.