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The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space

Title
The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space / original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener.
Publication
  • Köln : Taschen, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Bizony, Piers
  • Chaikin, Andrew, 1956-
  • Launius, Roger D.
  • Wiener, Nina
  • United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, issuing body.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, issuing body.
Description
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly colour); 34 cm
Summary
To Infinity and Beyond Journey through the U.S. space program's fascinating pictorial history On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's 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 everknown, capable of sending men to the moon.
Alternative Title
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration archives
  • NASA archives : 60 years in space
Subject
  • United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History > Pictorial works
  • United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Astronautics > United States > History > Pictorial works
  • Space photography
  • Astronautics
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
  • History.
Note
  • "Excerpts featured throughout the book have been edited from the publications cited or from the Oral History Project conducted by the Johnson Space Center, which appear in this volume courtesy of NASA ... All NASA images courtesy of NASA unless otherwise noted below"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • For all humankind -- The rocket's red glare -- This new ocean -- Islands in the sky -- Pale blue dot -- The final frontier.
  • The greatest exploration / by Piers Bizony -- Higher, faster / by Roger D. Launius -- Red star rising / by Roger D. Launius -- Spam in a can -- The decision -- Gemini twins -- Chariots for Apollo -- Men on the moon -- Apollo's finale -- The workhorse of space -- Inhabiting orbit -- The Sun's closest children -- Red planet Mars -- The outer planets -- Worlds beyond -- Magnificent desolation / by Andrew Chaikin -- NASA mission checklist.
Call Number
JFG 20-178
ISBN
  • 9783836569507
  • 3836569507
  • 9783836576345 (éd. complète)
  • 3836576341 (éd. complète)
LCCN
9783836576345
OCLC
1063506709
Title
The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space / original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener.
Publisher
Köln : Taschen, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
OFFICIAL NASA IMAGES IN COLOR AND B&W. BOOK IN PRINTED HANDLE BOX. 13.25" SQUARE.
Added Author
Bizony, Piers, contributor.
Chaikin, Andrew, 1956- contributor.
Launius, Roger D., contributor.
Wiener, Nina, editor.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, issuing body.
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, issuing body.
Other Standard Identifier
9783836576345
Research Call Number
JFG 20-178
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