SPACE

Buzz Aldrin receiving a Mars Keychain from Richard Lucas, owner of Shasta Visions at the 2013 International Space Development Conference.

Dr. Aldrin flew on Gemini 12 and was the second man to walk on the Moon, along with Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11. He is a huge supporter of humans going to Mars, with his tagline, "Get Your Ass To Mars!" Shasta Visions has provided Buzz and his associates with many Mars products to help support that endeavor.

John Glenn, receiving the Earth Marble from Richard Lucas, Owner/ Founder/Cartographer of Shasta Visions.

Glenn, recipient of the National Space Society’s Space Pioneer Award for Historic Space Achievement, was a featured guest at the Society's 2012 Governors' Dinner and Gala, held at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC. Senator Glenn was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, in 1963. He also returned to space in 1998 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as the oldest astronaut to ever fly in space.

Shasta Visions Provided The National Space Society's Speaker Awards for the 31st Annual International Space Development Conference held in Washington, DC. May 2012

Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator, receiving her Speaker Award for being the Keynote speaker for NSS's Annual Awards Dinner 2012.

“We’re extremely honored to be chosen again to design the awards for the esteemed speakers and VIP’s for this Conference,” says Richard Lucas, owner of Shasta Visions of Northern California. Celebrating 25 years in business, their Planet Earth Art line includes glass Globes, made in the USA, as corporate gifts, awards, marbles, keytags & jewelry.

The Awards created for this Conference are Pyramids with beautiful miniature Earth, Mars & Moon Marbles to scale inside, floating with the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle, to portray the Space Society’s Mission to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity.

Charles Bolden, Director of NASA, on the left, receiving the Shasta Visions Award from Paul Damphousse, Executive Director of the National Space Society. Dr. Bolden was the keynote speaker at the International Space Development Conference 2012.

Charles Bolden, Director of NASA, on the left, receiving the Shasta Visions Award from Paul Damphousse, Executive Director of the National Space Society. Dr. Bolden was the keynote speaker at the International Space Development Conference 2012.

Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator, receiving her Speaker Award for being the Keynote speaker for NSS's Annual Awards Dinner 2012.

George Whitesides, CEO and President of Virgin Galactic, the spaceflight company founded by Sir Richard Branson.

Receiving his Award at the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference, 2011.

Richard Lucas of Shasta Visions gifting Freeman Dyson a "Peace Globe" as his wife Imme looks on.  

At the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles, CA in May, 2018. Freeman was a featured speaker, and a theoretical physicist and mathematician know for his work in astronomy, quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics and nuclear engineering. He was professor emeritus in the Institute for advanced Study in Princeton, NJ.