Photographing America's First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub by J. L. Pickering, John Bisney, Eugene Kranz, J. L. Pickering, John Bisney, Eugene Kranz

Photographing America's First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub
J. L. Pickering, John Bisney, Eugene Kranz, J. L. Pickering, John Bisney, Eugene Kranz
Page: 340
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ISBN: 9781612498560
Publisher: Purdue University Press
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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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