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“Any backyard astronomer or space enthusiast would be delighted to have this visual journey on their shelf.”
—The Strategist, The Year’s Most Giftable Coffee-Table Books
A Barnes & Noble Best Gift Book of 2022
A Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2022 selection
6 orbiters, 140 missions, 355 astronauts, 500,000,000 miles—all in one rich and beautiful photographic journey
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-78’s mission was to study circadian rhythms in space; STS-41G’s 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 International Space Station (ISS). Prior to this mission, astronauts were attached to the shuttle with safety lines. The photo of McCandless floating above Earth’s surface is one of the most celebrated and famous space photographs ever. These are just a few of the 140 stories Miller tells in this beautiful volume.
“Any backyard astronomer or space enthusiast would be delighted to have this visual journey on their shelf.”
—The Strategist, The Year’s Most Giftable Coffee-Table Books
A Barnes & Noble Best Gift Book of 2022
A Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2022 selection
6 orbiters, 140 missions, 355 astronauts, 500,000,000 miles—all in one rich and beautiful photographic journey
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-78’s mission was to study circadian rhythms in space; STS-41G’s 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 International Space Station (ISS). Prior to this mission, astronauts were attached to the shuttle with safety lines. The photo of McCandless floating above Earth’s surface is one of the most celebrated and famous space photographs ever. These are just a few of the 140 stories Miller tells in this beautiful volume.
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
Approach and Landing Tests
ALT-12 (Free Flight 1) to ALT-16 (Free Flight 5)
CHAPTER 2
First Launch—The Challenger Tragedy
STS-1 (Mission 1) to STS-51L (Mission 25)
CHAPTER 3
New Beginnings—Hubble Deployment
STS-26 (Mission 26) to STS-61 (Mission 59)
CHAPTER 4
Shuttle-Mir Missions—John Glenn’s Return to Space
STS-60 (Mission 60) to STS-95 (Mission 92)
CHAPTER 5
The International Space Station Construction Begins—The Columbia Tragedy
STS-88 (Mission 93) to STS-107 (Mission 113)
CHAPTER 6
A Second Return to Flight—The Final Mission
STS-114 (Mission 114) to STS-135 (Mission 135)
Afterword
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Gebunden |
| ISBN-13: | 9781648291357 |
| ISBN-10: | 164829135X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Miller, Roland |
| Hersteller: | Workman Publishing |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 293 x 227 x 31 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Roland Miller |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.11.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 1,806 kg |
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