{"product_id":"art-of-nasa-isbn-9780760368077","title":"Art of NASA","description":"\u003cb\u003eFormed in 1958, NASA has long maintained a department of visual artists to depict the concepts and technologies created in humankind’s quest to explore the final frontier. Culled from a carefully chosen reserve of approximately 3,000 files deep in the NASA archives, the 200 artworks presented in this large-format edition provide a glimpse of NASA history like no other. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *A 2021 Locus Award Winner*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From space suits to capsules, from landing modules to the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, and more recent concepts for space planes, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of NASA\u003c\/i\u003e presents \u003cb\u003e60 years of American space exploration \u003c\/b\u003ein an unprecedented fashion. All the landmark early missions are represented in detail—\u003cb\u003eGemini, Mercury, Apollo\u003c\/b\u003e—as are post-Space Race accomplishments, like the \u003cb\u003emission to Mars \u003c\/b\u003eand other deep-space explorations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The insightful text relates the \u003cb\u003ewonderful stories associated with the art\u003c\/b\u003e. For instance, the incredibly rare early Apollo illustrations show how Apollo \u003ci\u003emight\u003c\/i\u003e have looked if the landing module had never been developed. Black-and-white Gemini drawings illustrate how the massive NASA art department did its stuff with ink pen and rubdown Letraset textures. Cross-sections of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project docking adapter reveal Russian sensitivity about US “male” probes “penetrating” their spacecraft, thus the androgynous “adapter” now used universally in space. International Space Station cutaways show how \u003ci\u003ehuge\u003c\/i\u003e the original plan was, but also what was retained.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Every picture in \u003ci\u003eThe Art of NASA\u003c\/i\u003e tells a special story. This collection of the rarest of the rare is not only \u003cb\u003ea unique view of NASA history\u003c\/b\u003e—it’s a fascinating look at the art of illustration, the development of now-familiar technologies, and a glimpse of what the space program might have looked like.","brand":"Motorbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892482961637,"sku":"NP9780760368077","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/cd3729d6-64a9-49c6-9a67-ab5500ad7b27.jpg?v=1767827001","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/art-of-nasa-isbn-9780760368077","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}