The Official Guide Book to the 1939 New York World’s Fair includes this illustration of an exhibit from the Chrysler Motors Building. The exhibit imagined the rocketport of the future and was designed by industrial designer Raymond Loewy....

Both the increasingly hectic traffic in Diesel City and the rapidly expanding surburbs of the city forced the Ministry of Transportation to consider some sort of response to the issue of public transportation. However, because the impending conflict (see the Diesel City series) made it necessary to save all available supplies as well as all of ...

We haven’t seen a Sexynaut here at The Gatehouse in quite a while. Fortunately, Worth1000’s Pin-ups in Space contest provides ample compensation. Our favorite is this fine young lady called Miss Fire according to her creator, Cristie Layne....

The way station was the ultimate fantasy of the Space Age. Its purpose seemed so clear that few bothered to contemplate whether ever a gargantuan star base would be necessary. As the text to this vintage illustration explains, way stations “could be used as weather stations, astronomical observatories, supply points for military space bases, data collection ...