Nasa: the Complete Illustrated History
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This fascinating book now updated and available in paperback to mark the 50th anniversary of NASA in 2008 tells the remarkable history of America's unrivalled contribution to the exploration of space from the early twentieth century to the present. Award-winning historian Michael H. Gorn covers every US space mission ever undertaken, including those of projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, and the development of the Space Shuttle, and brings the story up to date by explaining the functions of NASA's two windows in space: the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. AUTHOR: Michael H. Gorn, formerly Alfred V. Verville Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, is Ombudsman at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California. He has written extensively on aeronautics and spaceflight. SELLING POINTS: The first illustrated history of NASA the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ever to be published Reveals the personalities involved the personal ambitions and temperaments of astronauts, scientists and engineers, and the influence of America's presidents on the US space programme as much as the technological advances that have made space exploration possible Authoritatively and engagingly written, and profusely illustrated throughout with 500 stunning photographs 500 illustrations
Author: Michael H. Gorn
Format: Paperback, 304 pages, 248mm x 286mm
Published: 2008, Merrell Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Inventions & Technology: General Interest
This fascinating book now updated and available in paperback to mark the 50th anniversary of NASA in 2008 tells the remarkable history of America's unrivalled contribution to the exploration of space from the early twentieth century to the present. Award-winning historian Michael H. Gorn covers every US space mission ever undertaken, including those of projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, and the development of the Space Shuttle, and brings the story up to date by explaining the functions of NASA's two windows in space: the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. AUTHOR: Michael H. Gorn, formerly Alfred V. Verville Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, is Ombudsman at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California. He has written extensively on aeronautics and spaceflight. SELLING POINTS: The first illustrated history of NASA the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ever to be published Reveals the personalities involved the personal ambitions and temperaments of astronauts, scientists and engineers, and the influence of America's presidents on the US space programme as much as the technological advances that have made space exploration possible Authoritatively and engagingly written, and profusely illustrated throughout with 500 stunning photographs 500 illustrations