Miller Roland
Miller Roland - The Space Shuttle A Mission - By - Mission Celebration Of Nasa's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program - Hardcover
Miller Roland - The Space Shuttle A Mission - By - Mission Celebration Of Nasa's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program - Hardcover
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Description: 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 The Space Shuttle tells the story of NAS a's 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 world's 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 program's 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 NAS a 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 - 41 G'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 Mc Candless on STS - 41 B 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 Mc Candless 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.
Title: The Space Shuttle A Mission - By - Mission Celebration Of Nasa's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program
Author(s): Miller Roland
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Barcode: 9781648291357
Pages: 320 Pages, 100 Color Photographs
Publication Date: 11/8/2022
Category: Popular Astronomy & Space
Description: 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 The Space Shuttle tells the story of NAS a's 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 world's 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 program's 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 NAS a 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 - 41 G'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 Mc Candless on STS - 41 B 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 Mc Candless 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.
Title: The Space Shuttle A Mission - By - Mission Celebration Of Nasa's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program
Author(s): Miller Roland
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Barcode: 9781648291357
Pages: 320 Pages, 100 Color Photographs
Publication Date: 11/8/2022
Category: Popular Astronomy & Space
