The Space Shuttle: A Photographic History

With one hundred full-color photographs by Roger Ressmeyer and others and with text by popular astronomy writer Phil Harrington, "The Space A Photographic History" tells the fascinating and inspiring story of the space shuttle program from 1972 to 2003. In over a hundred missions aboard six different shuttles, hundreds of astronauts from around the world have conducted thousands of space experiments and thrilled us with their orbital exploits. For the first time, a beautiful photographic book allows the general reader to survey the history of the space shuttle program and be uplifted by the pioneering spirit of one of humanity's grandest enterprises.