Michael Najjar : outer space /

"In "outer space" Michael Najjar, the first artist to fly into space, explores the latest cutting-edge developments in space flight and the impact they will have on our future life in space. This book accompanies Najjar on his space flight training and photo productions from the remot...

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Main Authors: Najjar, Michael, 1966-
Group Author: Aldrin, Buzz (Photographer); Geissler, Heike, 1977- (Translator); Grosenick, Uta (Translator); Morland, Paul (Translator)
Published: Distanz,
Publisher Address: Berlin :
Berlin :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
German
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Summary: "In "outer space" Michael Najjar, the first artist to fly into space, explores the latest cutting-edge developments in space flight and the impact they will have on our future life in space. This book accompanies Najjar on his space flight training and photo productions from the remote high plateaus of Chile's Atacama Desert to the depths of a massive hydrolab in Russia's Star City and from zero gravity acclimatization in an Ilyuschin IL-76 to a supersonic flight in a MIG-29"--Page 4 of cover.
Item Description: "Arbeiten 2011-2014 ; Werkbeschreibungen = Works 2011-2014 ; Description of works": pages 125-184.
Carrier Form: 195 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9783954760558
395476055X
Index Number: TR655
CLC: J434(516)
Call Number: J434(516)/N162
Contents: Die Zukunft der Menschheit im Weltraum = Humanity's future in space / Buzz Aldrin -- Eine Frage der Perspektive = A question of perspective / Andreas Beitin -- Chronist der Zukunft : ein Gespräch mit Michael Najjar = A chronicler of future time : a conversation with Michael Najjar / Camilla Péus -- Preparations and travels = Vorbereitungen und Reisen -- Im Weltraum liegt der Schlüssel für die Zukunft der Menschheit = Space holds the key to the future of humanity / Anousheh Ansari -- -- Die Erde von oben betrachten = Looking down at the earth / Michael López-Alegría -- Das ALMA-Observatorium und die Zukunft der Astronomie = The ALMA observatory and the future of astronomy / Pierre Cox -- Die Rolle der Pflanzen in der nachhaltigen Raumfahrt = The role of plants in sustainable space travel / Tim Smit -- Architektur in Schwerelosigkeit und künstlicher Gravitation = Architecture in zero and artificial gravity / Norman Foster -- Arbeiten 2011-2014 = Works 2011-2014.