
Space Stations
The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space
Smithsonian Books (Publisher)
Published on 30. October 2018
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-58834-632-2 (ISBN)
Description
"A ... visual history of real and fictional space stations, illustrating pop culture's influence on the development of actual space stations and vice versa"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington, DC
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
576 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58834-632-2 (9781588346322)
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GARY KITMACHER is the mission manager for education and outreach at the Johnson Space Center. He has played a direct and vital role in NASA's ISS program. RON MILLER is an artist and author who specializes in writing and illustrating books on astronomy, astronautics, and science fiction. He recently published Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined. He has served on the faculty of the International Space University, as contributing editor for Air & Space/Smithsonian magazines, and as art director for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Albert Einstein Planetarium. ROBERT PEARLMAN is an American space historian and the founder and editor of collectSPACE, a website devoted to news and information concerning space exploration and space-related artifacts and memorabilia, especially in popular culture.