{"product_id":"complete-book-of-spacecraft-rockets-shuttles-satellites-and-space-stations-enlarged","title":"Complete Book of Spacecraft: Rockets, Shuttles, Satellites, and Space Stations (Enlarged)","description":"\u003cb\u003eMarvel at the history of space exploration through its daring vehicles, exhaustively chronicled in this authoritative volume featuring more than 250 artworks.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpacecraft\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003cb\u003eSputnik 1\u003c\/b\u003e through the \u003cb\u003eInternational Space Station\u003c\/b\u003e and everything in between, including concepts that have yet to actually venture outside the Earth's atmosphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis updated and revised edition includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExpertly written profiles\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVivid scale illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEarthbound and spaceborne data and intel \u003c\/b\u003echronicling 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA look ahead\u003c\/b\u003e to an era of privatized space travel and even plans for lunar and Martian space stations and settlement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDividing 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 mind-blowing machines examined in this volume include the rockets \u003cb\u003eEnergia\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFalcon 9\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eVEGA\u003c\/b\u003e; the \u003cb\u003eHubble Space Telescope\u003c\/b\u003e; the \u003cb\u003eCassini space probe\u003c\/b\u003e; and the \u003cb\u003eMars rovers, Opportunity, and Curiosity\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor anyone who has marveled at humankind's attempts and advances in leaving Earth, \u003ci\u003eSpacecraft: The Complete Guide to the Rockets, Satellites, Capsules, Shuttles, and Stations That Put Us in Space\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive reference.","brand":"Giuseppe de Chiara, Michael H Gorn, Davide Sivolella","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288184602860,"sku":"9780760395073","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780760395073.jpg?v=1770535357","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/complete-book-of-spacecraft-rockets-shuttles-satellites-and-space-stations-enlarged","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}