Rocket Launch Toward Moon, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, March 1959

This cover graces the March 1959 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories (vol. 33, no. 3), a Ziff-Davis publication. A sleek, needle-nosed silver rocket thrusts upward from the lower left, its orange exhaust blazing, aimed directly at a realistic photographic moon centered within concentric red and blue orbital rings painted against a pale textured sky. The issue promises E.E. Smith's cosmic saga 'The Galaxy Primes' and an Asimov surprise feature, capturing the optimistic Space Age mood of late 1950s pulp SF.