You may be thinking of the _Man Will Conquer Space Soon!_ series in Collier's from the 1950s and the related book _The Conquest of Space_ illustrated by Chesley Bonestell. Conquest of Space - Collier's series http://www.fabiofeminofantascience.org/COLLIERS/COLLIERS1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Bonestell http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Chesley_Bonestell Conquest of Space - Bonestell's book from 1950 (text only) http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?103314 There's also a collection of Bonestell's art: http://www.amazon.com/Chesley-Bonestell-Space-Art-Chronology/dp/1581128290/r... - kurt