View from above : an astronaut photographs the world /
Few people get the experience of seeing the world from outer space--and no one has taken as many pictures of Earth from above as Terry Virts. Celebrated NASA astronaut, pilot of the space shuttle, crew member on Soyuz, and commander of the International Space Station, Virts has spent more than 200 d...
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National Geographic,
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Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Few people get the experience of seeing the world from outer space--and no one has taken as many pictures of Earth from above as Terry Virts. Celebrated NASA astronaut, pilot of the space shuttle, crew member on Soyuz, and commander of the International Space Station, Virts has spent more than 200 days in space--and very few of those days went by without his reaching for his camera. Now as never before, Virts shares the astronaut's view of the world, offering astounding aerial views of our planet and the vastness that surrounds it. |
Carrier Form: | 303 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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9781426218644 1426218648 9781426219337 1426219334 |
Index Number: | QB637 |
CLC: | P183-64 |
Call Number: | P183-64/V819 |
Contents: | Introduction : a life above -- The International Space Station -- Missions timeline -- Leaving Earth -- White -- Our place in the universe -- Deliveries from home -- Emergency in space -- Color -- Spacewalking -- The human world -- Returning to Earth -- Epilogue : back home. |