NASA Space Shuttle
NASA Space Shuttle Written and curated by recognized historians of space exploration, NASA Space Shuttle: 40th Anniversary is the authoritative photo history of the iconic space program.Officially…
Specifikacia NASA Space Shuttle
NASA Space Shuttle
Written and curated by recognized historians of space exploration, NASA Space Shuttle: 40th Anniversary is the authoritative photo history of the iconic space program.Officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), the Space Shuttle program operated from 1981 to 2011. This approach--namely reusable spacecraft--revolutionized space exploration. During that time, five Shuttle systems took part in 135 missions under the operation of NASA.
Essays by former NASA chief historian Roger Launius are accompanied by a collection of incredible Shuttle photography and imagery mined from the depths of NASA's archives by aerospace historian Piers Bizony--all of it presented in large-format color.Readers will witness the pre-1981 evolution, the NASA Space Shuttle: 40th Anniversary traces the STS's 30-year operational history.