The Complete Book of Spacecraft

Rockets, Shuttles, Satellites, and Space Stations

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<div><b>Marvel at the history of space exploration through its daring vehicles, exhaustively chronicled in this authoritative volume featuring more than 250 artworks.<i><br><br></i></b>In 1957, the world looked on with both uncertainty and amazement as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made orbiter. Sputnik 1 would spend three months circling Earth every 98 minutes and cover 71 million miles in the process. The world’s space programs have traveled far (literally and figuratively) since then, and the spacecraft they have developed and deployed represent almost unthinkable advances for such a relatively short period.<br><br>In <i>Spacecraft</i>, illustrator and aerospace professional Giuseppe De Chiara teams up with aerospace historian Michael Gorn to present a huge, profusely illustrated aerospace history profiling and depicting spacecraft from <b>Sputnik 1</b> through the <b>International Space Station</b> and everything in between, including concepts that have yet to actually venture outside the Earth’s atmosphere. <br><br>This updated and revised edition includes:<br><br><ul><li><b>Expertly written profiles</b> depicting and describing the design, development, and deployment of manned and unmanned spacecraft from around the world, including satellites, capsules, spaceplanes, rockets, and space stations—now updated with the latest models</li><li><b>Vivid scale illustrations</b> of the many international spacecraft in multiple-view, sometimes cross-section, and in many cases shown in archival period photography to provide further historical context</li><li><b>Earthbound and spaceborne data and intel </b>chronicling every technological leap, engineering challenge, and monumental achievement, from troubleshooting the lunar landers of the ’60s to engineering solar-driven sails to propel futuristic craft to Mars and beyond</li><li><b>A look ahead</b> to an era of privatized space travel and even plans for lunar and Martian space stations and settlement<

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780760395073

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

281 x 266 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

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