The NASA Archives. 40th Ed. by Amazonundefined

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On October 1, 1958, the worlds first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Unions launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universally known as NASA, had evolved from modest research teams experimenting with small converted rockets into one of the greatest technological and managerial enterprises ever known, capable of sending people to the Moon aboard gigantic rockets and of dispatching robot explorers to Venus, Mars, and worlds far beyond. In spite of occasional, tragic setbacks in NASAs history, the Apollo lunar landing project remains a byword for American ingenuity; the winged space shuttles spearheaded the International Space Station and a dazzling array of astronomical satellites and robotic landers, and Earth observation programs have transformed our understanding of the cosmos and our home worlds fragile place within it.
Throughout NASAs 60-year history, images have played a central role. Who today is not familiar with the Hubble Space Telescopes mesmerizing views of the universe or the pin-sharp panoramas of Mars from NASAs surface rovers? And who could forget the photographs of the first men walking on the Moon?
This compact edition is derived from our XL edition, which was researched in collaboration with NASA, and gathers hundreds of historic photographs and rare concept renderings, scanned and remastered using the latest technology. Texts by science and technology journalist Piers Bizony, former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, and best-selling Apollo historian Andrew Chaikin round out this comprehensive exploration of NASA, from its earliest days to its current development of new space systems for the future.
The NASA Archives is more than just a fascinating pictorial history of the U.S. space program. It is also a profound meditation on why we choose to explore space and how we will carry on this grandest of all adventures in the years to come.
About the series
TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our programnow more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
Recenzja
Un libro en gran formato que nos guía por los 60 años de historia de la primera agencia espacial del mundo.
The Nasa Archives
es una profunda reflexión sobre porqué elegimos explorar el espacio y cómo vamos a enfrentar a esta aventura colosal en los próximos años.
A Hombros de Gigantes, Radio Nacional España
Vinimos hasta aquí para explorar la Luna, y lo más importante que descubrimos fue la Tierra.
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders
Opis z tylnej okładki książki
On October 1, 1958, the worlds first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Unions launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universally known as NASA, had evolved from modest research teams experimenting with small converted rockets into one of the greatest technological and managerial enterprises ever known, capable of sending people to the Moon aboard gigantic rockets and of dispatching robot explorers to Venus, Mars, and worlds far beyond. In spite of occasional, tragic setbacks in NASAs history, the Apollo lunar landing project remains a byword for American ingenuity; the winged space shuttles spearheaded the International Space Station and a dazzling array of astronomical satellites and robotic landers, and Earth observation programs have transformed our understanding of the cosmos and our home worlds fragile place within it.Throughout NASAs 60-year history, images have played a central role. Who today is not familiar with the Hubble Space Telescopes mesmerizing views of the universe or the pin-sharp panoramas of Mars from NASAs surface rovers? And who could forget the photographs of the first men walking on the Moon?Researched with the collaboration of NASA, this collection gathers more than 400 historic photographs and rare concept renderings, scanned and remastered using the latest technology. Texts by science and technology journalist Piers Bizony, former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, and best-selling Apollo historian Andrew Chaikinand an extensive mission checklist documenting the key human and robotic missionsround out this comprehensive exploration of NASA, from its earliest days to its current development of new space systems for the future.
The NASA Archives
is more than just a fascinating pictorial history of the U.S. space program. It is also a profound meditation on why we choose to explore space and how we will carry on this grandest of all adventures in the years to come.We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing we discovered was the Earth. Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders
O autorze
Piers Bizony
ha escrito sobre ciencia e historia de la tecnología para distintas publicaciones del Reino Unido y Estados Unidos. Uno de sus proyectos recientes,
Atom
, un libro relacionado con una importante serie de la BBC, cuenta la dramática historia de las rivalidades y pasiones que hubo tras el descubrimiento de la física cuántica.
The Man Who Ran the Moon
, que glosa la figura de Jim Webb, el administrador jefe de la NASA durante la era lunar, fue encumbrado por la crítica. A comienzos de año, Bizony vendió los derechos de
Starman
, una biografía fascinante de Yuri Gagarin (escrita en colaboración con Jamie Doran), que se llevará a la gran pantalla. Su texto para
The Making of Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey
es una versión ampliada y actualizada de su monografía
2001: Filming the Future
(1994), que fue un éxito de ventas.
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