This is an amazing and engaging book for enthusiasts and occasional dipping in to by anyone interested in the amazing history of the Space Shuttle. The beautiful images speak for themselves and it would be a more talented reviewer than this one to do them justice. The development of the Shuttle is well-documented as well as beautifully illustrated and demonstrates what a challenge it was to develop a fully reusable space transportation system - the difficulty demonstrated by the two fatal accidents involving Challenger and Columbia shuttle craft.

This book was a fab celebration of 40 years of exploration into the stars via the amazing feats of engineering and science that are the Space Shuttles. 

The layout of this book makes for very fun and easy reading, with the most beautiful photos, pictures and accompanying text. 

From its origins, to the space race, engineering involved and history of this type of space flight, this short little informative book packs in plenty of information for the reader to learn about these revolutionary space missions. From the successes to the failures, this book was a great little guide to all things space shuttle and was a pleasant small read which could happily be read in one sitting (exactly what I did!).