Superbe livre qui passionnera les amateurs de la conquête spatiale !
Edition originale en anglais:
This fantastic book “Spacecraft” takes
a long look at humankind's attempts and advances in leaving Earth through
incredible illustrations and authoritatively written profiles on Sputnik, the
International Space Station, and beyond...
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 covering 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.
This ambitiously illustrated aerospace history profiles and
depicts spacecraft fromSputnik 1 through the International
Space Station, and everything in between, including concepts that have yet
to actually venture outside the Earth’s atmosphere.
Illustrator and aerospace
professional Giuseppe De Chiara teams up with aerospace historian Michael Gorn
to present a huge, profusely illustrated, and authoritatively written
collection of profiles depicting and describing the design, development,
and deployment of these manned and unmanned spacecraft.
Satellites, capsules, spaceplanes, rockets, and space stations are illustrated
in multiple-view, sometimes cross-section, and in many cases shown in archival
period photography to provide further historical context.
Dividing the book by era, De Chiara and Gorn feature spacecraft not only from
the United States and Soviet Union/Russia, but
also from the European Space Agency and China. The
marvels examined in this volume include the rockets Energia, Falcon 9, and
VEGA; the Hubble Space Telescope; the Cassini space probe; and
the Mars rovers, Opportunity and Curiosity.
Authoritatively written and profusely illustrated with more than 200 stunning
artworks, Spacecraft: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That
Put Us in Space is sure to become a definitive guide to the history of
manned space exploration.
Livre grand format 29 x 24
cm.
SOMMAIRE: voir photos.
Un “collector’s item” pour
les amateurs de la conquête de l’Espace !
225 pages en état neuf.
Dans l'excellente série "Les cahiers de l'Espace" nous découvrons les différentes cabines spatiales en usage au début de la conquête spatiale.
Hallucinant de découvrir dans quels engins les premiers cosmonautes et astronautes devaient voyager !!!
Nous découvrons également les systèmes de sauvetage tres ingénieux pour l'époque.
Edité en 1969, et couvre les cabines du tout début à Apollo inclus.
Auteur: Albert Ducrocq.
SOMMAIRE: voir photos.
340 pages en état neuf.
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