Exploring Space With A Camera.

CARPENTER, Scott; Charles Conrad; Gordon Cooper; Richard Gordon; Tom Stafford. Edited by Edgar M. Cortright.

$1,500.00

Item Number: 141026

Washington, D.C.: Scientific and Technical Information Division Office of Technology Utilization National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968.

First edition of this monumental work on space exploration photography, signed by five NASA astronauts. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title page by five NASA astronauts, with Cooper signing twice, “Faith 7 mission photos by Gordon Cooper,” “Gemini V mission photos by Gordon Cooper,” “Aurora 7 photos by Scott Carpenter,” “Gemini VI and IX photos by Tom Stafford and Crews,” “GT-XI Photos by Richard Gordon,” and “& Charles Conrad, Jr.” In near fine condition. A fine assemblage of signatures.

The photographs in this book are a selection from the thousands returned to Earth by NASA astronauts during the historic 1960s. They were initially assembled by Edgar M. Cortright, a senior official of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as a personal reminder of the stirring years when man first developed the ability to propel his cameras and instruments, and then himself, beyond earth's atmosphere. With this publication, they have become a part of NASA's flow of reports to the American public on some of the growing returns from its investment in the exploration of space.