Spacecraft
100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space
by Michael H. Gorn
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Pub Date Sep 04 2018 | Archive Date Oct 04 2018
Quarto Publishing Group – Motorbooks | Voyageur Press
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Description
In 1957, the world looked on with both uncertainty and amazement as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made orbiter. Sputnik 1 would spend three months circling Earth every 98 minutes and covering 71 million miles in the process. The world’s space programs have traveled far (literally and figuratively) since then, and the spacecraft they have developed and deployed represent almost unthinkable advances for such a relatively short period.
This ambitiously illustrated aerospace history profiles and depicts spacecraft fromSputnik 1 through the International Space Station, andeverything in between, including concepts that have yet to actually venture outside the Earth’s atmosphere. Illustrator and aerospace professional Giuseppe De Chiara teams up with aerospace historian Michael Gorn to present a huge, profusely illustrated, and authoritatively written collection of profiles depicting and describing the design, development, and deployment of these manned and unmanned spacecraft. Satellites, capsules, spaceplanes, rockets, and space stations are illustrated in multiple-view, sometimes cross-section, and in many cases shown in archival period photography to provide further historical context.
Dividing the book by era, De Chiara and Gorn feature spacecraft not only from the United States and Soviet Union/Russia, but also from the European Space Agency and China. The marvels examined in this volume include the rockets Energia, Falcon 9, and VEGA; the Hubble Space Telescope; the Cassini space probe; and the Mars rovers, Opportunity and Curiosity.
Authoritatively written and profusely illustrated with more than 500 stunning artworks, Spacecraft: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space is sure to become a definitive guide to the history of manned space exploration.
Marketing Plan
Key Selling Points:
- Fascination with space exploration continues. Congress actually increased NASA’s budget to $18B for 2015--$350M more than its 2014 budget.
- NASA’s social media following is immense, with 8.88 million twitter followers, 10 million Facebook “likes,” and 2.4 million Instagram followers.
- A Pew Research Center poll released in January 2015 indicates NASA is the second-most favorably viewed federal agency, just behind the CDC.
Key Campaign Activity
Review copy push to targeted print magazines
Photo gallery push for online outlets
Trade:
- Review copy push to: Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness,
- Work with Amy for gift guides
Retail:
- Partner with Sales team to create a coordinated Sales and marketing effort
Consumer:
- Leverage author connections within community for coverage and endorsements
- Outreach to top Air and Space outlets: Smithsonian Air & Space, Space Times/American Astronautical Society, National Center of Science Education, Discover Magazine, Aviation History, Engineering & Technology Magazine
- Partnership with Astronomy/Science groups: Canadian Space Society, Federation of American Scientists, National Association of Science Writers, Lunar and Planetary Institute.
Publicity/Media:
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- Review copy push to top national newspapers: Denver Post, The New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today, Parade
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780760354186 |
| PRICE | $35.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
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