The Moon: NASA Images from Space

The Moon: NASA Images from Space

by Beth Alesse
The Moon: NASA Images from Space

The Moon: NASA Images from Space

by Beth Alesse

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Overview

This book, The Moon: NASA Images from Space, includes images from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), and other international space explorations. Early images show the very first Apollo missions to the Moon using film in a Hasselblad camera. NASA illustrations explain the Moon's tidal forces on the Earth's oceans, seas, and land mass, the Moon's phases as see from Earth, the lunar geography, and Moon's composition. This book shows detailed maps of the Moon's surface: its incredible craters, ancient lava flows, plains, seas, and mountains. Included is speculation about the Moon's origin and its historical place our solar system. Humanities future plans for lunar exploration and habitation are discussed. Can humans live there, and how? This book is a comprehensively illustrated collection of lunar visuals of over 150 images

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781682033685
Publisher: Amherst Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 07/30/2019
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 1,094,293
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Beth Alesse is a graphic artist, editor, and author. She curates image collections to present in books, some of which she has written, and in media. She is well suited for this with degrees in both art and education and backgrounds in graphic arts, linguistics, and visual and audio digital media.

Table of Contents

Our Moon from Earth The Moon's phases and cycles Lunar Influences on Life The First Lunar Probes Moon Landings Project Apollo More Lunar Probes International Explorations The Surface Maps of the Moon Composition of the Moon Moon Rocks Lunar Travel Living on the Moon Private Ventures and Tourism Index
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