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Picturing the Space Shuttle - The Early Years (Hardcover)
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Picturing the Space Shuttle - The Early Years (Hardcover)
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Rare views of the beginnings of a historic space programAfter the
excitement of the first Moon landing, the U.S. space program took
an ambitious new direction closer to home: NASA's Space Shuttle
program promised frequent access to Earth orbit for medical and
scientific breakthroughs; deploying, repairing and maintaining
satellites; and assembling a space station. Picturing the Space
Shuttle is the first photographic history of the program's early
years as the world's first space plane debuted. Showcasing over 450
unpublished and lesser-known images, this book traces the growth of
the Space Shuttle from 1965 to 1982, from initial concept through
its first four space flights. The photographs offer windows into
designing the first reusable space vehicle as well as the
construction and testing of the prototype shuttle Enterprise. They
also show the factory assembly and delivery of the Space Shuttle
Columbia, preparations at the major NASA field centers, and
astronaut selection and training. Finally, the book devotes a
chapter to each of the first four orbital missions, STS-1 through
STS-4, providing an abundance of seldom seen photos for each
flight. Mostly selected from J. L. Pickering's personal archive,
the world's largest private collection of U.S. human space flight
images, the high-quality photographs in this book are paired with
veteran journalist John Bisney's detailed descriptions and
historical background information. The book also includes images of
NASA and Shuttle contractor booklets, manuals, access badges, and
press kits, as well as a foreword by Robert Crippen, the pilot of
the first Space Shuttle flight. Picturing the Space Shuttle
recreates the excitement of an era in which the possibilities of
space exploration seemed limitless.
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