{"product_id":"the-nasa-archives-45th-ed-by-piers-bizony-9783836588089","title":"The NASA Archives. 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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 \u003cb\u003eone of the greatest technological and managerial enterprises ever known\u003c\/b\u003e, capable of sending people to the Moon aboard gigantic rockets and of dispatching robot explorers to Venus, Mars, and worlds far beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn spite of occasional, tragic setbacks in NASA's history, the Apollo lunar landing project remains \u003cb\u003ea byword for American ingenuity\u003c\/b\u003e. The winged space shuttles spearheaded the International Space Station, a dazzling array of astronomical satellites, robotic landers, and Earth observation programs that have \u003cb\u003etransformed our understanding of the cosmos and our home world's fragile place within it\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout NASA's 60-year history, images have played a central role. Who today is not familiar with the \u003cb\u003eHubble Space Telescope\u003c\/b\u003e'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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis compact edition is derived from our XL edition, which was researched \u003cb\u003ein collaboration with NASA\u003c\/b\u003e, and gathers \u003cb\u003ehundreds of historic photographs\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003erare concept renderings\u003c\/b\u003e, scanned and remastered using the latest technology. Texts by science and technology journalist \u003cb\u003ePiers Bizony\u003c\/b\u003e, former NASA chief historian \u003cb\u003eRoger Launius\u003c\/b\u003e, and best-selling Apollo historian \u003cb\u003eAndrew Chaikin\u003c\/b\u003e round out this \u003cb\u003ecomprehensive exploration of NASA\u003c\/b\u003e, from its earliest days to its \u003cb\u003ecurrent development of new space systems for the future\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe NASA Archives\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just a fascinating pictorial history of the U.S. space program. It is also \u003cb\u003ea 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\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833690869996,"sku":"9783836588089","price":62.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27869023483553.jpg?v=1758475083","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-nasa-archives-45th-ed-by-piers-bizony-9783836588089","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}