Publisher | Springer Verlag |
ISBN 13 | 9788847010970 |
Book Description | The years of the Moon traces the history of astronautics during the most exciting period of the conquest of space, between the launch of Sputnik, in 1957, and the last lunar mission accomplished by Apollo 17 in 1972. The space, imagined, recounted and designed by artists and dreamers during the fifties, it is finally reached with the Russian "traveling companion" in October 1957. It is the beginning of a new era, which soon gains the covers and the first pages of the most famous magazines. Reading the old story reveals the cross-section of our society, and of the world that surrounded it with its restlessness and its hopes. |
Language | Italian |
Author | Paolo Magionami |
Number of Pages | 234 |
Gli Anni Della Luna: 1950-1972: L'Epoca D'Oro Della Corsa Allo Spazio (I Blu: Pagine De Scienza) paperback italian