NASA - the Complete Illustrated History - Revised and Updated

Gorn, Michael; Foreword by Buzz Aldrin

ISBN 10: 1858944279 / ISBN 13: 9781858944272

Published by MPL, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NASA - the Complete Illustrated History - Revised and Updated
• Publisher: MPL
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858944279
• ISBN 13: 9781858944272
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This fascinating book now updated and available in paperback to mark the 50th anniversary of NASA in 2008 tells the remarkable history of America's unrivalled contribution to the exploration of space from the early twentieth century to the present. Award-winning historian Michael H. Gorn covers every US space mission ever undertaken, including those of projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, and the development of the Space Shuttle, and brings the story up to date by explaining the functions of NASA's two windows in space: the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. This is the first illustrated history of NASA--the National Aeronautics and Space Administration--ever to be published. It reveals the personalities, the personal ambitions, the temperaments of astronauts, scientists and engineers, and the influence of America's presidents on the US space programme, as much as the technological advances that have made space exploration possible. Authoritatively and engagingly written, the book is profusely illustrated throughout with 500 stunning photographs.

About the Author

Michael H. Gorn is the author of eight books and many articles about the history of aeronautics and spaceflight, including Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at NACA and NASA (winner of the Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award, presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2004 for the best book in the field published during the previous five years).  He is also a recipient of the Alfred V. Verville Fellowship from the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and was selected for the Aerospace History Fellowship by the American Historical Association.  Gorn worked as a historian in the U.S. federal government for 29 years, with the Department of the Air Force, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.  Additionally, he served as co-editor of the Smithsonian History of Aviation Book Series.  Gorn is presently a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum.