Astronaut Observations from The Apollo-Soyuz Mission Author: El-Baz, Farouk Place: Washington, DC Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Studies in Air and Space Date: 1977 Description: 400 pp. Extensively illustrated with 280 photographs, most in color, as well as diagrams, drawings and maps. 8½x11”, original wrappers. Inscribed on title-page: “For Red Rowsome, with all good wishes, Farouk ElBaz.” (Rowsome was head of NASA’s Technical Publications division.) El Baz, Egyptian-born space scientist and principal geologist, worked on the Apollo program. He was responsible for selecting landing sites for the moon missions and training astronauts in lunar observations and photography. A year after he published this book, he became Science Advisor to Egyptian President Sadat. This was a report of experiments stemming from valuable observations and photographs of the earth taken on Gemini, Apollo and Skylab flights. The American astronauts on the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz US-Soviet international space mission were tasked with using their “special capabilities as trained observers” to visually study and photograph various features of the Earth’s surface. Lot Amendments Condition: Discoloration to cover; small tear on rear wrapper; light wear to corner of final text pages; good. Item number: 319621
Astronaut Observations from The Apollo-Soyuz Mission Author: El-Baz, Farouk Place: Washington, DC Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Studies in Air and Space Date: 1977 Description: 400 pp. Extensively illustrated with 280 photographs, most in color, as well as diagrams, drawings and maps. 8½x11”, original wrappers. Inscribed on title-page: “For Red Rowsome, with all good wishes, Farouk ElBaz.” (Rowsome was head of NASA’s Technical Publications division.) El Baz, Egyptian-born space scientist and principal geologist, worked on the Apollo program. He was responsible for selecting landing sites for the moon missions and training astronauts in lunar observations and photography. A year after he published this book, he became Science Advisor to Egyptian President Sadat. This was a report of experiments stemming from valuable observations and photographs of the earth taken on Gemini, Apollo and Skylab flights. The American astronauts on the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz US-Soviet international space mission were tasked with using their “special capabilities as trained observers” to visually study and photograph various features of the Earth’s surface. Lot Amendments Condition: Discoloration to cover; small tear on rear wrapper; light wear to corner of final text pages; good. Item number: 319621
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