The Greatest Adventure Apollo 13 & Other Space Adventures By Those Who Flew Them SIGNED By SIX (6) NASA Astronauts , Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, Alan Bean, Wally Schirra, Richard Gordon, Edgar Mitchell Directly on Title Page

Signed By Six (6) Astronauts: Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, Edgar Mitchell, Alan Bean, Wally Schirra and Richard Gordon Gibson, Edward (edited by) Skylab Astronaut

ISBN 10: 0947068198 / ISBN 13: 9780947068196

Published by Pierson, C, Sydney, Australia, 1995

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Boldly signed directly on the title page (not on a bookplate) by SIX (6) Astronauts: BUZZ ALDRIN, SCOTT CARPENTER, ALAN BEAN, WALLY SCHIRRA, RICHARD GORDON and EDGAR MITCHELL. Included are copies of checks written to each Astronaut for signing. The check detail (front and back) shows that they cashed; checks offering proof that all 6 signatures are authentic. Black boards with silver spine titling. Unmarked. Dust Jacket not clipped; Brodart protected. Corners bumped. Forward written by James Michener. The book focuses on Apollo 13 and other space adventures from Astronauts and Cosmonauts alike. Space. Astronaut. Lavishly illustrated with great color photography throughout. Astronaut. Space exploration. 224 pp. A tight, bright and collectible signed astronaut and space exploration volume. Scarce near fine 6X signed directly to page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Greatest Adventure Apollo 13 & Other Space Adventures By Those Who Flew Them SIGNED By SIX (6) NASA Astronauts , Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, Alan Bean, Wally Schirra, Richard Gordon, Edgar Mitchell Directly on Title Page
• Publisher: Pierson, C, Sydney, Australia
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0947068198
• ISBN 13: 9780947068196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A lavishly illustrated study of the human experience of space exploration draws on the contributions of forty international space explorers, including John Glenn, Sally Ride, Aleksei Leonov, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Scott Carpenter, and Valentina Tereshkova.

Reviews

What must be reckoned one of the most spectacular space picture books of late contains 160 full-color photographs of everything from Alan Shepard's Redstone rocket ready for launch in 1961 to the repaired Hubble telescope being relaunched in 1993. It also contains some 40 little essays by some 30 members of the Association of Space Explorers, the international astronauts' organization that is now celebrating its tenth anniversary. Some of these contain only conventional one-world and environmental sentiments, while others reflect on the difficulties all space farers have had with their hardware, their health, their ground controls, and one another. But the photographs are so well chosen and well reproduced that they guarantee the book entry into most space collections all by themselves; the essays are just a welcome bonus. Highly recommended. Roland Green