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Marvelous original painting by NASA suit technician-turned-artist Ron Woods entitled "Space Shuttle Launch/Entry Equipment," accomplished in watercolor on 22.5 x 16.5 art paper, featuring a view of Space Shuttle Launch Entry Suit (LES) equipment including a helmet and gloves. Signed and dated in the lower right in pencil, "Ron Woods ©2021." In very fine condition.
During the Apollo program, Ron Woods worked for ILC as a suit technician performing suit maintenance, interface testing with the Command Module, Lunar Module, and Lunar Rover vehicles, and insertion of astronauts in Command and Lunar modules for training. He suited crew members for Apollo 8, 11, and 15, all Skylab missions, and Apollo-Soyuz. He also supported the first two Space Shuttle missions as a suit technician at KSC and three additional missions at primary and backup landing sites.
