Blue Sky on Mars
The cover of the album features an image by Viking 1, the first spacecraft to land on Mars; the album's liner notes include additional imagery of the planet's landscape as taken by the spacecraft on July 20, 1976. The text on the cover was done by fantastic artist Roger Dean, best known for his work on album covers for bands such as Yes. The album's title comes from the tour in the film "Total Recall".
Thunderbirds machines
A metallic-blue spacecraft that made the first manned landing on Mars. "Zero-X" first appeared in the first "Thunderbirds" feature film, "Thunderbirds Are Go", and subsequently in the first episode of "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons". It is assembled hours prior to launch and consists of 5 parts: The MEV (Martian Exploration Vehicle), the main fuselage, "Lifting Body 1" and "2", two wing-like structures loaded with thruster packs and also incorporate landing gear at the ends, and the reflective Nose Cone, which is a large metallic nose which attaches to the MEV.