The Greatest Adventure

by Association of Space Explorers and Edward Gibson

Book Overview

A lavishly illustrated study of the human experience of space exploration draws on the contributions of forty international space explorers, including John Glenn, Sally Ride, Aleksei Leonov, Buzz... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0947068198
• ISBN13: 9780947068196
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: C. Pierson Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.8" x 12.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful and Exciting Spaceflight Photographs

The Association of Space Explorers is a unique group of individuals whose only requirement for membership is that one has to have journeyed into space. The goal of the ASE is to bring the excitement and wonder of space exploration to the general public. This book, "The Greatest Adventure" is their second book dedicated to this ideal, and is an excellent companion to their first book, "The Home Planet."This coffee table book presents some of the best photographs taken of the Earth and a few of the Moon by both astronauts and cosmonauts, from the early days of the space race till the mid-1990's when this book was published. Due to the coffee table format of the book, the high resolution, color photographs are extremely impressive. Accompanying these wonderful photographs is a small piece describing each astronaut's voyage and impression of being in space which includes the entire range of astronauts, from commanders, pilots and mission specialists.New printings of this book are common, so if it is listed as not being in print, check back frequently, because a new print might be out soon.

ONE OF BEST ALL-TIME BOOKS DONE ON APOLLO/MOON

Ive read over200 books about Project Apollo to the Moon, and I have to rate this book as one of the best ever on moon landings, and all involved with this miraculous adventure of mankind! The book tells just about everything, covers it all about the missions and has many good excerpts from all the great astronauts from past to present! This is one of the few Apollo/Moon books that deserves an extra special place on anyones coffee table!This book deserves not to be merely looked at, but can be read many times over! I do not own it yet, but have read it twice, and cant wait to purchase it! Ed Gibson and The Association Of Space Explorers have done a wonderful job on this fantastic book of just what the title implies: Going to The Moon was in fact, and still is mankinds greatest adventure to this day, and probably will be for many years to come yet!