{"product_id":"9780760339411","title":"The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA's First Space Plane","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis superbly designed and lavishly illustrated book marks a special moment in history: the final mission of the space shuttle. Noted space and science author Piers Bizony has put together a retrospective that covers all 134 space shuttle missions, including the final flight of the shuttle, which is scheduled for September 2010. In addition to covering every space shuttle mission, the book also covers the development and design of the space shuttle, as well as the technical specifications of the vehicle and details of its major assemblies and subassemblies. A full double-gatefold provides a large-scale technical drawing of the space shuttle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiers Bizony has written about science, aerospace, and cosmology for a wide variety of magazines in the UK and the US. His previous books include \u003ci\u003e2001: Filming the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rivers of Mars\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the NASA\/Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Writing), \u003ci\u003eStarman\u003c\/i\u003e (a biography of Yuri Gagarin, also a BBC TV program) and Space: 50, a collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, marking the 50th anniversary of Sputnik. His latest project, \u003ci\u003eAtom\u003c\/i\u003e, ties-in with a major BBC TV series on the discovery of quantum physics. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eOne Giant Leap\u003c\/i\u003e, a celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zenith Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028872446192,"sku":"9780760339411","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780760339411_p0.jpg?v=1763639175","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780760339411","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}