Isaac Asimov, illustrated by Rowena Morrill for the cover of 'Opus 200,' 1980.

The future of global communications according to AT&T, 1993.

1988 NASA concept art by John Lowery shows 21st-century astronauts exploring a lava tube as a potential habitat.

Never underestimate the power of corporate art in shaping our ideals and visions of what could be.

John Berkey art for the Otis Elevator Company, printed in Future Life, September 1979.

The future of global communications according to AT&T, 1993.

UNIVAC 9300 computer system, 1966.

DUNE concept art by Chris Foss, created for Alejandro Jodorowsky's legendary unfilmed adaptation.

1989 NASA concept art for an inflatable habitat on the Moon.

The Internet, 1993.

Gemini spacemen John Young, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, and Tom Stafford. NASA portrait dated April 13, 1964.

Queen poster for 'News of the World,' 1977. Artwork by Kelly Freas.

John Schoenherr's cover art for Analog, November 1962.

The superhero movie is dying. Its replacement is waiting in the wings. slate.trib.al/qATE0fR

The flight of Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961, illustrated by Valentin Viktorov.

On this day in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

MOONRAKER poster from Japan, 1979. Artwork by Dan Goozee, who passed away this week at the age of 81.

O.J. Simpson in CAPRICORN ONE, 1978.

One of AT&T’s legendary 1993 “You Will” commercials, directed by David Fincher, narrated by Tom Selleck. (This future came true, just not in the way AT&T expected.)