Embark on a captivating visual journey through the cosmos with this vintage edition of Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey, a striking coffee table book for science and history enthusiasts. Co-written by astronaut Joseph P. Allen and Russell Martin, this hardcover volume offers a rare, insider perspective on early space shuttle missions and the human experience beyond Earth's atmosphere.
- Size: 10" x 10" (Measurements are close but approximate)
- Decade: 1980s
- Style: Retro Sci-Fi Tech / Space Age Americana
- Condition: Very good vintage condition; complete with its original dust cover showing minimal shelf wear and crisp internal pages
- Extra notes: Spanning 239 pages, this revised and enlarged edition contains stunning full-color photography captured directly from orbit and first-hand accounts of satellite rescue missions
During the peak of the 1980s Space Shuttle program, NASA astronauts captured the public imagination by documenting their extravehicular activities with high-resolution, large-format cameras. Joseph P. Allen, a physicist selected in the second group of scientist-astronauts, participated in both the historic STS-5 and STS-51-A missions, the latter of which completed the world's first space salvage operations. This beautifully bound, square-format volume documents a monumental era of technical triumph, making it an excellent display piece for a mid-century modern coffee table or a science ephemera collection.