Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a coffee-table book that chronicles the story of NASA's Space Shuttle program and its 140 space flights, featuring stunning photos taken by NASA photojournalists and astronauts. Each mission is accompanied by a short text that provides key facts and highlights, including the first untethered space walk and the study of circadian rhythms in space. The book has been praised as a must-have for backyard astronomers and space enthusiasts alike.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 08 November 2022
Publisher: Artisan

“Any backyard astronomer or space enthusiast would be delighted to have this visual journey on their shelf.” —The Strategist,The Years Most Giftable Coffee-Table BooksA Barnes & Noble Best Gift Book of 2022 A Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2022 selection6 orbiters,140 missions,355 astronauts,500,000,000 miles—all in one rich and beautiful photographic journeyThe Space Shuttle tells the story of NASAs amazing Space Shuttle program and its 140 space flights (135 missions,plus five Approach and Landing Tests) in a uniquely designed and covetable way. Long before the James Webb Telescope rekindled our fascination with astronomy and our place in the cosmos,the Space Shuttle began to capture the worlds attention with its first mission (a test launch) on April 12,1981 and continued to do so until its final mission on July 8,2011. The programs six orbiter vehicles are Enterprise,Columbia,Challenger,Discovery,Atlantis,and Endeavour. Each mission has its own fascinating story,and The Space Shuttle retells these stories,in chronological order,through incredible photos taken by NASA photojournalists,fine art photographers,and the astronauts themselves. Each image is accompanied by a short text that includes quick facts such as crew members,launch date,and landing date,as well as a short overview of highlights and purpose. For example,STS-78s mission was to study circadian rhythms in space; STS-41Gs mission was to take photographs in-flight,seen in the IMAX movie The Dream Is Alive; and famously,the first untethered space walk,taken by astronaut Bruce McCandless on STS-41B using a self-propelled backpack unit (called a Man Maneuvering Unit [MMU]),allowed astronauts to capture satellites for retrieval and repair and for the planned construction of what became the .

“Any backyard astronomer or space enthusiast would be delighted to have this visual journey on their shelf.” —The Strategist,The Years Most Giftable Coffee-Table BooksA Barnes & Noble Best Gift Book of 2022 A Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2022 selection6 orbiters,140 missions,355 astronauts,500,000,000 miles—all in one rich and beautiful photographic journeyThe Space Shuttle tells the story of NASAs amazing Space Shuttle program and its 140 space flights (135 missions,plus five Approach and Landing Tests) in a uniquely designed and covetable way. Long before the James Webb Telescope rekindled our fascination with astronomy and our place in the cosmos,the Space Shuttle began to capture the worlds attention with its first mission (a test launch) on April 12,1981 and continued to do so until its final mission on July 8,2011. The programs six orbiter vehicles are Enterprise,Columbia,Challenger,Discovery,Atlantis,and Endeavour. Each mission has its own fascinating story,and The Space Shuttle retells these stories,in chronological order,through incredible photos taken by NASA photojournalists,fine art photographers,and the astronauts themselves. Each image is accompanied by a short text that includes quick facts such as crew members,launch date,and landing date,as well as a short overview of highlights and purpose. For example,STS-78s mission was to study circadian rhythms in space; STS-41Gs mission was to take photographs in-flight,seen in the IMAX movie The Dream Is Alive; and famously,the first untethered space walk,taken by astronaut Bruce McCandless on STS-41B using a self-propelled backpack unit (called a Man Maneuvering Unit [MMU]),allowed astronauts to capture satellites for retrieval and repair and for the planned construction of what became the .

Weight: 1814g
Dimension: 294 x 232 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781648291357