Space Race: The Story of Space Exploration to the Moon and Beyond. With FREE Augmented Reality App - Hardcover

Hubbard, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1438050682 ISBN 13: 9781438050683

Publisher: B.E.S., 2019

Synopsis

Celebrate man's historic landing on the Moon!

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing is fast approaching, and this book explores and celebrates the incredible technology and trailblazing scientists that took humans to the stars. This comprehensive and richly illustrated guide tells the awe-inspiring story of space exploration, from the race for rockets and putting a man on the moon, to the International Space Station, life on Mars, finding a habitable planet, and life beyond our solar system. Download the FREE interactive app to watch NASA videos on the page and explore 360-degree models of groundbreaking spacecraft in high definition.


Here are the Augmented Reality (AR) extras you get with the FREE App!

Three Computer Graphics (CG) models:

• International Space Station
• Curiosity Rover
• Apollo Lunar Module

Plus 11 videos totaling almost 20 minutes of footage:

1. Explorer 1: America's First Satellite
2. Jack King's Apollo 11 Launch Commentary
3. Upside Down, Inside Out: John Glenn Recalls Astronaut Training on the Gimbal Rig
4. July 20,1969: One Giant Leap for Mankind
5. Astronauts on Skylab
6. STS-129 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver Sped Up
7. NASA ScienceCasts: The Power of Studying Combustion on the ISS
8. Voyager 2 at Triton
9. Curiosity at Martian Scenic Overview
10. Send Your Name to the Sun with Parker Probe
11. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS): How Winking Stars Point Us to Distant Worlds

Edition details

• Publisher: B.E.S.
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438050682
• ISBN 13: 9781438050683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96