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 ever known, capable of sending people to the
Moon aboard gigantic rockets and of dispatching robot explorers to
Venus, Mars, and worlds far beyond. In spite of occasional, tragic
setbacks in NASA's history, the Apollo lunar landing project
remains a byword for American ingenuity; the winged space shuttles
spearheaded the International Space Station and a dazzling array of
astronomical satellites and robotic landers, and Earth observation
programs have transformed our understanding of the cosmos and our
home world's fragile place within it. Throughout NASA's 60-year
history, images have played a central role. Who today is not
familiar with the Hubble Space Telescope's mesmerizing views of the
universe or the pin-sharp panoramas of Mars from NASA's surface
rovers? And who could forget the photographs of the first men
walking on the Moon? This compact edition is derived from our XL
edition, which was researched in collaboration with NASA, and
gathers hundreds of historic photographs and rare concept
renderings, scanned and remastered using the latest technology.
Texts by science and technology journalist Piers Bizony, former
NASA chief historian Roger Launius, and best-selling Apollo
historian Andrew Chaikin round out this comprehensive exploration
of NASA, from its earliest days to its current development of new
space systems for the future. The NASA Archives is more than just a
fascinating pictorial history of the U.S. space program. It is also
a profound meditation on why we choose to explore space and how we
will carry on this grandest of all adventures in the years to come.
About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as
cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with
accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate
their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an
unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books
by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new
editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.
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