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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.
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history
to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into space. His flight
aboard a Russian Vostok rocket lasted only 108 minutes, but at the
end of it he had become the most famous man in the world. Back on
the ground, his smiling face captured the hearts of millions around
the globe. Film stars, politicians and pop stars from Europe to
Japan, India to the United States vied with each other to shake his
hand.
Despite this immense fame, almost nothing is known about Gagarin or
the exceptional people behind his dramatic space flight. "Starman"
tells for the first time Gagarin's personal odyssey from peasant to
international icon, his subsequent decline as his personal life
began to disintegrate under the pressures of fame, and his final
disillusionment with the Russian state. President Kennedy's quest
to put an American on the Moon was a direct reaction to Gagarin's
achievement--yet before that successful moonshot occurred, Gagarin
himself was dead, aged just thirty-four, killed in a mysterious air
crash. Publicly the Soviet hierarchy mourned; privately their sighs
of relief were almost audible, and the KGB report into his death
remains secret.
Entwined with Gagarin's history is that of the breathtaking and
highly secretive Russian space program - its technological daring,
its triumphs and disasters. In a gripping account, Jamie Doran and
Piers Bizony reveal the astonishing world behind the scenes of the
first great space spectacular, and how Gagarin's flight came
frighteningly close to destruction.
Get closer than ever to the movie that changed the movies. This
behind-the-scenes spectacular of 2001: A Space Odyssey sheds light
on the lead actors, senior production designers, special-effects
experts and masterminds of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke,
who together revolutionized science fiction and the art of cinema.
Previously available as part of the multi-volume and instant
sell-out Collector's Edition, this comprehensive visual record
includes on and off set photographs, pre-production paintings, and
conceptual designs from the Kubrick archives. These dazzling images
offer insight both into Kubrick's meticulous directorial methods,
and into the mysteries and magnetism of a film at once vast in
scope and intricate in its exploration of our relationship to
technology. Written and researched over several years by the outer
space, special effects, and technology journalist Piers Bizony,
this compendium is both an exhaustive labour of love and a monument
to a masterpiece of 20th century culture.
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? Researched with the collaboration of NASA,
this collection gathers more than 400 historic photographs and rare
concept renderings, scanned and remastered using the latest
technology and reproduced in extra-large size. Texts by science and
technology journalist Piers Bizony, former NASA chief historian
Roger Launius, and best-selling Apollo historian Andrew Chaikin-and
an extensive mission checklist documenting the key human and
robotic missions-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.
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? Researched with the collaboration of NASA,
this collection gathers more than 400 historic photographs and rare
concept renderings, scanned and remastered using the latest
technology and reproduced in extra-large size. Texts by science and
technology journalist Piers Bizony, former NASA chief historian
Roger Launius, and best-selling Apollo historian Andrew Chaikin-and
an extensive mission checklist documenting the key human and
robotic missions-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.
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