As part of his efforts to promote a vision for space development and a national space program, Werner Von Braun, with his many supporters, sought to employ all media available to communicate his vision. One of Von Braun’s key collaborators was scientist/writer and avid space advocate Willy Ley whose detailed highly realistic (for the early 20th century) depictions of spacecraft –developed and illustrated with the help of the legendary space artist Chesley Bonstell– set an example for space visualization well into the century and became key inspirations for many later NASA designs. Becoming something of a minor celebrity, Ley was eventually approached by the model kit company Monogram and asked to lend his name and designs to what eventually became one of the most popular series of space mo