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ISBN Number: 9780810993730
Subtitle: NASA's First Fifty Years
Written by: Steven J. Dick and Robert Jacobs and Constance Moore and Anthony M. Springer and Bertram Ulrich
Other: United States
Written by: Ulrich, Bertram
Written by: Dick, Steven
Written by: Moore, Constance
Written by: Jacobs, Robert
Written by: Armstrong, Neil
Published by: HNA Books
Subject: History
Subject: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: United States, 20th Century (1945 to 2000)
Subject: NASA; Space; Science; Astronauts; Photography; Astronomy; Rockets
Copyright: 2007
Date of Publication: October 2007
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 352
Book Size: 14.75 x 11.00 in
NASA launches a yearlong celebration of its 50th anniversary in the fall of 2007, and Abrams is privileged to publish this visual history of its many achievements in manned and unmanned space travel. Written and edited by a team of experienced NASA staffers, and illustrated with many unpublished and rare photographs from the voluminous NASA archives scattered across the country, America in Space offers an unparalleled vision of half a century of exploration and discovery. The story of America's space age is told with more than 400 carefully selected images. The story begins in the 1950s with intrepid test pilots venturing ever faster and higher, and opens out into the now-legendary Mercury and Apollo missions of the 1960s that made astronauts into national heroes. The space shuttle era shows us what everyday space travel might look like, while grand vistas of the universe expand our sense of wonder. The large format of the book captures both the human drama and the vast scale of NASA's projects. America in Space is a photographic record of the greatest adventure of our time.
Review:
"The most memorable photographs from America's recent explorations of space have been taken by the Hubble space telescope and the Huygens mission to Saturn. But as the editors of this lavishly illustrated coffee-table volume demonstrate, in the early years of the space program, the camera's blinking eye captured human beings. Dick, NASA's chief historian, and his NASA colleagues offer images of the crew-cut young hot rods of the Mercury and Gemini programs before they became household names, along with a young test pilot named Neil Armstrong in 1956 operating a simulator of the X-15 hypersonic aircraft. Photographs capture the grandeur of the mammoth Saturn rockets blasting off, as well as the tragedy of the fire-charred Apollo 1 capsule. NASA's engineers and technicians receive their due, shown putting equipment and astronauts through their paces. In the post-Apollo years, the almost forgotten Skylab is memorialized, as well as missions to build the International Space Station and the space shuttle program. The book concludes with pictures of the outer reaches of the solar system and stunning vistas light-years away. NASA staff have annotated the photographs with informative miniessays documenting the history of the agency and its mission. Space buffs and their children will thrill to these photos." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Book News Annotation:
With detailed captions and short essays on each launch, this
extra-big book (11x14.75") is all about the historic photos that fill
it, in full-page and two-page spreads, of the launches and people
that made them possible.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
The story of Americas space age is told with more than 400 carefully selected images, beginning with the 1950s test pilots and venturing ever faster and higher into the now-legendary missions that made astronauts into national heroes.
