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 ...
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.
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.
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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