01 August 2019
Apollo’s Muse; the Moon in the age of photography
... indication of its style and content which, for the sake of clarity, is not that of a science text or engineering manual. As its publicity reveals, the book “surveys the role of photography in the scientific study and artistic interpretation...
01 October 2019
The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America’s First Moon Missions
... and, despite the allusion to engineering in the title, this one is definitely more historical narrative than technical manual. The author, himself the son of an Apollo engineer, tells the story of a group of “lesser known engineers who...
30 March 2021
Space is Open for Business
... entrepreneurs read this book. They should, however, keep firmly in mind as they do so that this is predominantly a manual of positive thoughts (dare one say spin?). Although it does eventually tackle the spectre of “failure” in chapter 17, there...
17 June 2021
China's astronauts arrive at new space station
... waved at the camera. Another floated a pen just off his lap in zero-gravity as he browsed the flight manual. Around seven hours after lift-off, space officials confirmed that the craft had docked with...
22 June 2021
Not Necessarily Rocket Science
... books designed for the Facebook or Instagram generation. It is a mixture of space documentary, autobiography, blog and self-help manual from someone who knows the power of the media and the need to develop communication skills. In some...
06 October 2021
Russian crew arrives at ISS to film first movie in orbit
... at the ISS, behind schedule at 12:22 GMT, after veteran cosmonaut and captain of their spacecraft, Anton Shkaplerov, switched to manual control. As the hatches opened, the Russian trio floated into the orbital station where they were...
