Art Created BEFORE The Moon Landing Missions Happened!

You will also receive an 8 1/2 x 11 red stamped certified copy of the notarized Affidavit of Authenticity signed by the artist James Burns. 

Your fine art print is printed on Domtar Lynx® Digital Smooth which is an uncoated 100 pound matt archival acid free paper guaranteed to last and with a true white 96 brightness to faithfully render the original artwork colors. These fine art prints are reproduced using RICOH C7110 X Digital Press which is a high end digital press that reproduces colors with incredible accuracy at near-offset printing quality.

SPECIAL NOTE: Listing photograph is ultra low resolution quality to prevent unauthorized duplication. All art is super crisp and stunning imagery!

PROVENANCE: James Burns work appears on a dedicated page in the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, which is hosted by the NASA History Office. Google search "James Burns NASA"

About This Concept Art

1970 concept art drawing of the high-gain antenna that transmitted the live color TV broadcast directly to Earth. The high-gain antenna produced a beam tight-enough that an adequate TV signal could be received by 85-meter dishes on Earth. Pointing the antenna with sufficient accuracy was tricky because, when pointed correctly Earth nearly filled the field-of-view in the sighting scope. A preliminary alignment made by sighting along the transmitter mast had to be done carefully. Note the cables from both the high-gain and low-gain antennas are connected to the Lunar Communication Relay Unit on the side below the Television Communications Unit. This drawing was published in the NASA Crew Training Manual that was taken to the Moon.

Moon Man Publishing "Inventing Apollo" The Artwork of James Burns

This exclusive collection of James Burns artwork reveals the lunar landing and lunar exploration in a way never before seen by the public.   

Moon Man Publishing's Founder Alan Scalone's father, Sam Scalone, worked with James Burns at RCA on the Apollo Moon Mission Projects. Sam as one of the mechanical engineers and James as the concept artist worked hand in hand with the engineering team to invent and design the equipment that would ultimately be built and used on the Apollo Moon landing missions and other NASA space programs.   

These drawings were used in the top secret meetings where NASA decided to approve or not approve funding to build the equipment seen in the artwork. The outcome of these meetings and James's drawings determined how man would go to the Moon, the equipment they would use, and the very creation of the communications equipment that allowed the world to witness man’s first steps on the Moon.   

Concept art created of the actual equipment used on the Moon, drawn BEFORE the equipment was ever even made yet! Extremely rare and unique artwork!