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Author Potter, Christopher, 1959- author

Title The Earth gazers : on seeing ourselves / Christopher Potter

Publisher New York : Pegasus Books, 2018

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  629.45 .P8516e    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  629.45 P866e 2018    AVAILABLE  
Edition First Pegasus Books hardcover edition
Phys Descr 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-440) and index
Summary Only twenty-four people have seen the whole earth. The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were taken, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space program from the moon. The Earth Gazers is a book about the long road to the capture of the unforgettable images of Earth taken from space. It is a history of the space program and of the ways in which it transformed our view of the earth and changed the lives of the astronauts who walked in space and on the moon. It is the story of the often blemished visionaries who inspired that journey into space: Charles Lindbergh, Robert Goddard and Wernher Von Braun, and of the courageous pilots who were the first humans to escape the Earth's orbit. These twenty-four people saw Earth in all its singular glory, and the legacy of the stories of these "Earth Gazers," resonate richly even today
Subject Manned space flight -- Popular works
Alt Title On seeing ourselves
OCLC # 1018176927
ISBN # 9781681776361
1681776367