Milestones of Space
Eleven Iconic Objects for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Michael J. Neufeld
- A
- history
- of
- exploration
- through
- eleven
- objects
- from
- the
- Air
- and
- Space
- Museum:
- “Takes
- you
- behind
- the
- scenes
- with
- firsthand
- stories
- and
- rare
- photos.”
- —William
- F.
- Readdy,
- former
- NASA
- astronaut
- and
- Space
- Shuttle
- commanderThroughout
- human
- history,
- across
- cultures
- and
- landscapes,
- countless
- individuals
- have
- gazed
- with
- wonder
- in
- the
- same
- direction:
- upward.
- Getting
- to
- space
- was
- no
- easy
- task,
- and
- our
- quest
- to
- further
- explore
- the
- universe,
- to
- understand
- the
- impossibly
- vast
- heavens,
- continues.In
- Milestones
- of
- Space,
- Michael
- Neufeld
- and
- select
- curators
- of
- the
- Smithsonian
- National
- Air
- and
- Space
- Museum
- present
- a
- gorgeous
- photographic
- celebration
- of
- some
- of
- the
- most
- groundbreaking
- artifacts
- that
- played
- key
- parts
- in
- giving
- humanity
- its
- first
- steps
- into
- the
- cosmos.
- Focusing
- on
- the
- most
- iconic
- objects
- and
- technology—such
- as
- Friendship
- 7,
- the
- Lunar
- Module
- 2,
- Neil
- Armstrong’s
- Lunar
- Suit,
- the
- Hubble
- Space
- Telescope,
- and
- Space
- Shuttle
- Discovery—this
- book
- extensively
- profiles
- eleven
- of
- the
- NASM’s
- most
- important
- breakthroughs
- in
- space
- technology.The
- NASM
- curators
- feature
- each
- object
- in
- incredible
- detail
- with
- compelling
- timelines,
- sidebars
- and
- captions,
- and
- over
- 150
- archival
- images
- that
- provide
- new
- and
- little-known
- insights
- into
- their
- development
- and
- historical
- context.
- We
- are
- still
- a
- long
- way
- from
- grasping
- our
- universe—but
- for
- now,
- Milestones
- of
- Space
- magnificently
- commemorates
- the
- individuals
- and
- inventions
- that
- have
- taken
- us
- this far.
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