The greatest adventure of the 20th century came with a deadline - "Before this decade is out". John Kennedy's words in 1961 burned in the minds of the astronauts training to land on the moon. Through their eyes, revealing previously unknown personal details, Andrew Chaikin chronicles the Apollo missions from their disaster-plagued beginnings, ...
On the night of July 20, 1969, our world was changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the Moon. Now the greatest event of the 20th century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there: 23 Moon voyagers and those who struggled to get the program moving. Basis for the HBO mini ...
The New Solar System, now in its fourth edition, is firmly established as the leading text on planetary science and solar system studies. A distinguished team of researchers, many of the Principal Investigators on NASA missions, has carried out a complete revision of the text, illustrations and tables. The book has been completely redesigned to ...
Using never-before-published quotes taken from his in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 Apollo lunar astronauts, Chaikin has created an extraordinary account of the lunar missions. 160 color photographs throughout.
Since the 1950s, Mars has been the obsession of a select group of space scientists who have used their time and their influence - sometimes at the expense of their careers - to push for further exploration of our potentially habitable neighbour. It is largely thanks to the efforts of these men and women that we know as much as we do about the Red ...
A new volume on the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and it's collections. This book presents a fully-illustrated history of both flight and space exploration with over 400 historical and up-to-date photographs.
July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history-the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. "Mission Control, This Is Apollo," by the acclaimed Andrew Chaikin (author of "A Man on the Moon," basis of the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon"), recounts space history from the ...
Artist and former astronaut Alan Bean presents his very personal account of a unique time in our history, sharing with readers his stories of his adventures on the Moon, and memorializing the heroes both in space and on the ground who helped the Apollo missions succeed. 90+ color paintings by Alan Bean.
Josh Simpson's glass platters, vessels and sculptures are celebrated internationally for their extraordinary, complex beauty. His imaginary landscapes of the seas, skies and heavens are compelling and enigmatic. They are also technical feats without parallel. This book steps inside Simpson's studio and provides an intimate look at the inspirations ...
This is a history of flight as seen through the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and its collections. The museum attracts over eight million visitors a year and features a vast collection of flight- and space-related material from all over the world, focusing mainly on US aeronautics and space exploration.
In vivid and stunning detail this book captures every aspect of the astonishing developments that have taken place in space exploration over the last six decades. From the invention of rocket power and the launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite, Sputnik, it traces the development of space exploration with a collection of remarkable images. ...
Evocative, dramatic and fascinating, "Space" is a brilliant collection of more than 300 images that pay tribute to and trace the history of space exploration, from the "Space Race" of the Cold War to the shuttle missions.
A three-volume, commemorative edition of this best-selling work. Includes more than 500 photographs and illustrations from the archives of NASA, Life magazine, and from the collections of the astronauts themselves. Introduction by Tom Hanks.
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