After Sputnik: 50 Years Of The Space Age

After Sputnik: 50 Years Of The Space Age by Martin Collins


ISBN
9780060897819
Published
Released
04 / 06 / 2007
Binding
Hardcover
Dimensions
273 x 287 x 28mm

Curators from the National Air and Space Museum take us on an exciting tour of the world's premier collection of space artefacts.

In the 50 years since Sputnik's historic orbit kickstarted a race to the stars, spaceflight has moved from speculative and experimental science to a staple of contemporary life. Space exploration has changed the way we look at our universe, our planet, and even the people around us.

'After Sputnik' will explore the first 50 years of achievements in space with a guided tour of the artifacts in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. This is the premier collection of space artefacts in the world, and includes most US artefacts; major Russian artefacts on loan; and most recently, Burt Rutan's Space Ship One. In addition, the museum's popular culture collection and art collection include objects such as a 1930s Buck Rogers stopwatch and Norman Rockwell's famous painting, Suiting Up.

Using a selection of 180 to 200 objects, this book will tell the artefacts stories to convey a sense of what it was like to be there when the object was in use, accompanied by dramatic photographs. The artefacts will range from the famous, such as John Glenn's Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft and the Mars Pathfinder lander and Sojourner rover, to the equally rare, but less well-known, such as the Surveyor 3 camera returned from the Moon and Gordon Cooper's space boots. No other book can offer this breadth and depth of artifacts.
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