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Photographing America''s First Astronauts : Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 1612498566
ISBN-13 9781612498560
Publisher Purdue University Press
Imprint Purdue University Press
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date May 1st, 2023
Print length 340 Pages
Weight 1,352 grams
Dimensions 22.30 x 28.70 x 2.40 cms
Ksh 7,950.00
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Featuring more than 600 photos, this book offers the most complete photographic account of Project Mercury ever published. It showcases hundreds of never-before-seen images of America’s first manned space program by NASA’s first staff photographer, Bill Taub.
Featuring more than 600 photos, Photographing America's First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub is the most complete photographic account of Project Mercury ever published. Previous Project Mercury books largely have relied on the relatively limited number of photos released by NASA. This book, however, showcases hundreds of never-before-seen images of America's first manned space program by NASA's first staff photographer, Bill Taub. Taub went everywhere with the Mercury astronauts, capturing their daily activities from 1959 to 1963. As a result, his photos provide a unique and intimate behind-the-scenes look at the people and operations of Project Mercury in real time.

Drawing on Taub's recently discovered archive of thousands of black-and-white and color prints, slides, and transparencies, this is the first book to comprehensively visually document Project Mercury. No previous book has devoted as many images to each of the Mercury Seven astronauts and their pioneering spaceflights. Other chapters cover astronaut selection and training, NASA management, and facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption. The foreword is by legendary NASA Flight Director Eugene Kranz.


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