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Snapshots from the moon: NASA photographs from the earliest manned space flights

NASA’s Apollo program landed the first humans on the moon in 1969. In the next three years, Apollo sent 10 more men to the moon in five subsequent missions. The first moon landing in particular is a legendarily well-documented event, representing one of those rare moments in which the world was united in awe, witnessing the feat together on their television screens. But each Apollo mission also generated hundreds of photographs, many of which have only recently been released by NASA. A selection of these images—shot by the astronauts themselves with suit-mounted and handheld Hasselblad cameras—are gathered in this beautifully designed, affordable volume.

Many of the photographs, though shot originally for scientific, documentary purposes, have an extraordinary snapshot quality, boasting inadvertently artful compositions and effects: in one, a pair of astronaut’s legs emerges upside down from the bottom of the frame; in another, a striding astronaut appears to glow against the black recesses of space.

Contextualized with background information about the Apollo Missions and the role of photographic documentation in them, the photographs in The Moon 1968–1972 are fascinating documents of the majesty of outer space, but also record the surface of the moon as a landscape of wonder. This is the moon of which E.B. White wrote in the July 1969 issue of The New Yorker: “The moon, it turns out, is a great place for men. One-sixth gravity must be a lot of fun, and when Armstrong and Aldrin went into their bouncy little dance, like two happy children, it was a moment not only of triumph but of gaity.”


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781942884057
Publisher: T Adler Books
Publication date: 09/27/2016
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

About The Author

E. B. White (1899-1985) was the American author of such beloved classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. Elwyn Brooks White was born in Mount Vernon, New York and graduated from Cornell University in 1921. E. B. White widely contributed his writing to The New Yorker and Harper's magazine. He won countless awards including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which commanded him for making a "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." Some of his other books include One Man's Meat, The Second Tree from the Corner, Letters of E. B. White, Essays of E. B. White and Poems and Sketches of E. B. White. White also co-authored The Elements of Style, a classic American English writing style guide. During his lifetime many young readers asked Mr. White if his stories were true. In a litter written to be sent to his fans, he answered, "No, they are imaginary tales...But real life is only one kind of life - there is also a life of the imagination."

Date of Birth:

July 11, 1899

Date of Death:

October 1, 1985

Place of Birth:

Mount Vernon, New York

Place of Death:

North Brooklin, Maine

Education:

B.A., Cornell University, 1921
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