{"product_id":"spaceships-2nd-edition-an-illustrated-history-of-the-real-and-the-imagined-9781588347268","title":"Spaceships 2nd Edition: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis revised and expanded second edition of \u003ci\u003eSpaceships\u003c\/i\u003e includes sixty-four pages worth of the newest developments in space technology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how art and science have merged in the creation of real and fictional spaceships, from Mercury and Apollo spacecraft to \u003ci\u003eMillennium Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStarship Enterprise.\u003c\/i\u003e This second edition is thoroughly updated to offer a complete history of spaceships. It builds off the original book with new information and developments in topics that include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eVirgin Orbit's LauncherOne\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePaul Allen's Stratolaunch Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBigelow Aerospace's B330 inflatable space stations\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSpaceX's Falcon 9\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFuture Mars exploration, moon landers, and interstellar ships\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew foreword from Bobak Ferdowsi, an American Flight engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Ron Miller and new Smithsonian coauthors Matthew Shindell and Margaret Weitekamp take readers on a visual journey through the history of the spaceship, both in our collective imagination and in reality. Vivid illustrations trace spaceships through their conception, engineering, and building. The exquisitely detailed book charts the ubiquity of spaceships in the golden age of space travel (1950s and '60s) and their broad influence in popular art, television, film, and literature. \u003ci\u003eSpaceships\u003c\/i\u003e is a vibrant and visual book on the history of spaceships, past, present, and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Smithsonian Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781588347268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Ron Miller, Matthew Shindell, Margaret A. Weitekamp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42531041214645,"sku":"9781588347268","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9d55b374-c748-4e04-bbcb-75e717b10fff.jpg?v=1669735509","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/spaceships-2nd-edition-an-illustrated-history-of-the-real-and-the-imagined-9781588347268","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}