Jennifer K. Levasseur

Gebundenes Buch

Through Astronaut Eyes

Photographing Early Human Spaceflight

Beschreibung

Featuring over seventy images from the heroic age of space exploration, Through Astronaut Eyes presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before.

Autor

Jennifer K. Levasseur is a museum curator in the Department of Space History at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. She received her PhD in history from George Mason University. During nearly two decades with the museum, Levasseur has worked on artifact loans and digital and exhibition projects. She serves as program committee chair of the Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference, a biannual gathering of staff from museums around the world. Her recent curated exhibits include Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity and Moving Beyond Earth, which covers the space shuttle, International Space Station, and future of human spaceflight. Her collections responsibilities include astronaut cameras, the Skylab program, and astronaut personal equipment.

Produktdetails

• Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Verlag: Purdue University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 185mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 796g
• ISBN-13: 9781557539311
• ISBN-10: 1557539316
• Artikelnr.: 57839122