Fritz Goro's science photography

Stephen Jay Gould once said that LIFE photographer Fritz Goro, who died in 1986, was "the most influential photographer that science journalism (and science in general) has ever known." LIFE.com has posted a gallery of his truly wonderful photos. Above, Goro's 1962 shot of inventor Allyn Hazard testing his "moon suit mock-up" that contained oxygen and a food supply. "Fritz Goro's Photos: The Art of Science"

• [NelC]

  Wow, I remember that I had one of those for my astronaut action figure, way back in the 60s.

  • [papiermeister]

    Me too! That was the same thought I had when I saw this! Never knew the toy was based on something really tested.

  • [Thorzdad]

    You had a Major Matt Mason, too? I had the Moonbase, Moon Crawler, and his jet sled. Fun toys!

• [jarmstrong]

  Wow. Great pictures–despite the subject matter often being experimentation on animals.  I prefer the picture of the high-five machine.

• [kP]

  #29 of 41 - Surgically-created Siamese rats – WTF!
  http://www.life.com/hdgallery/58241/fritz-goros-photos-the-art-of-science#index/28

• [atteSmythe]

  Where’s his katamari?

• [Stefan Jones]

  Major Matt Mason!

  He was around when I was in Kindergarten, maybe 1st Grade. Outside of my family’s price range.

• [Xrayspecs]

  I had that Major Matt Mason space suit, too:

  http://www.google.com/imgres?q=major+matt+mason+space+suit&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=846&bih=1028&tbm=isch&tbnid=T3dVx1HivAf2VM:&imgrefurl=http://www.pointsofarticulation.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D570&docid=bp-xZm_YI0-SbM&imgurl=http://www.pointsofarticulation.com/reviewimages/scott/moonsuit1.jpg&w=281&h=500&ei=Et0gT4LEOKWYiQLX2cnfBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=121&vpy=153&dur=631&hovh=300&hovw=168&tx=118&ty=168&sig=102273387372379689895&page=4&tbnh=181&tbnw=129&start=71&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:71

• [Won Word]

  De-slidified: http://desli.de/2KB

• [Ant]

  Did you guys crash life.com? :P