Expanding Universe. The Hubble Space Telescope

About the book: Swirling spiral nebulae, pulsing pulsars, mysterious black holes: This volume presents a selection of the best images from the Hubble Space Telescope, which has made visible many wonders of our solar system and galaxies billions of light-years away. For the 30th anniversary of the mission, this updated new edition offers 30 brand-new images, along with texts by photography critic Owen Edwards, Hubble astronauts Charles F. Bolden, Jr. and John Mace Grunsfeld, and Zoltan Levay.

Biography: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Major General, USMC (Ret.), is a former NASA Administrator, where he oversaw the completion of the International Space Station. He was a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps for 14 years. There he commanded and piloted the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31, which launched the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.John Mace Grunsfeld, PhD, is an astrophysicist and NASA astronaut. He has flown on the Space Shuttle five times, including three Hubble servicing missions, and has served as Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate, NASA Chief Scientist, and Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute.Owen Edwards has been writing about photography for over 30 years, including for American Photographer, New York Times Magazine, and the Smithsonian.Zoltan Levay is the former Lead Developer for Scientific Imaging at the Space Telescope Science Institute, where he collaborated with astronomers and communicators worldwide to publicize the research findings of NASA's Hubble Telescope.

Pages: 260
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CO AUTHOR: Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
John Mace Grunsfeld
Owen Edwards
Zoltan Levay
First Publication: 05/25/2020
Book Language: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Edition: INT
ISBN: 978-3-8365-8363-3
Topics: Photography
Dimensions: 29.0 cm x 29.0 cm, Weight 2.48 kg

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