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Apollo is a photographic commemoration of the Apollo lunar missions as seen through the eyes of the astronauts. Each of the surviving 21 astronauts from the Apollo missions has chosen a favorite photograph from his space flight especially for this book. These selections are accompanied by other iconic photographs from the Apollo missions. Bestselling astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy Hawking contribute a foreword on the meaning of the space exploration. July 20, 2009, marks the 40th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 . Apollo is the only photographic book on the Apollo missions to be created by NASA, and is the perfect commemorative volume about this epochal program, where legendary achievement was recorded in powerful images.

132 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2009

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June 25, 2019
A great picture book that chronicles the manned Apollo fights 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 and 17. I borrowed it from the library and it was fun to leaf through and remember the world's last great exploration.
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August 20, 2009
What a beautiful book. I found it ever so interesting to see which photos the different astronauts chose, and their comments about why. While some of the pictures selected for the book are iconic, many were unfamiliar to me. Well worth the trip to the library.
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July 19, 2021
Vuonna 2009 julkaistu valokuvateos, joka juhlisti Kuuhun laskeutumisen 40:ttä vuosipäivää. Teos sisältää Stephen ja Lucy Hawkingin esipuheen, runsaasti valokuvia Apollo-ohjelmasta aina Apollo 7 viimeiseen Apollo 17 saakka sekä tuohon aikaan elossa olleiden Apollo -astronauttien kommentteja hetkistä, jolloin heidän teokseen valitsemansa valokuvat on otettu ja mitä kuvat heille merkitsevät.

Kuvat ovat upeita ja niihin liittyvät kuvatekstit lyhyitä, mutta informatiivisia. Kirja on jaettu osiin jokaisen Apollo-lennon mukaan numerojärjestyksessä ja osion aloittaa aina lyhyt, noin sivun mittainen teksti lennon taustoista sekä siitä, montako kameraa lennolla oli mukana ja montako kuvaa (mustavalko & väri, joskus myös infrapuna) kyseisellä lennolla otettiin. Esim. Apollo 11 valokuvasaalis oli yhteensä 1407 kuvaa, joista 857 kuvattiin mustavalkoiselle filmille ja 550 värifilmille. Kokonaisuutena erittäin mielenkiintoinen kokonaisuus, jonka valokuvat eivät vanhene koskaan. Tekstissä on ehkä pieniä vanhentumisen merkkejä lähinnä nykypäivää koskevissa ennusteissa, mutta ei mitään sen suurempia. 4 tähteä.
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October 21, 2025
Fun space photos if you love Apollo history but the image quality of photos is underatandably not comparable to digitally remastered versions published around the 50th anniversary about 10 years after this books publication. The commentary is sparse but enjoyable.
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November 9, 2015
This is an awesome book that is full of brief descriptions of the various Apollo missions and full page spreads of Space photos that were taken by Astronauts. The real gem to this book would be the quotes from each Astronaut. They are beautiful, funny, stoic and help to convey what it would be like to have such a great experience. It is a quick and delightful read. But far less quick if you properly pay each photo the respect it deserves.
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September 22, 2009
A Quick read, but beautiful pictures. Amazing to realize that the astronauts took a good portion of the pictures on film with no view finder.
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