Apollo: VII – XVII

This is a photobook. Each Apollo mission is briefly explained. Each mission is illustrated through plenty of large (page filling) pictures - some of then pretty iconic.I enjoy it very much.

I just received my copy about an hour ago. It is beautifully bound; the print paper is so heavy and apparently high quality that it took me a moment to realize that I did not have two pages stuck together when I turned my first page. The images are carefully curated, beautifully reproduced, and simply breathtaking in their clarity and other-worldliness. I like the captions being gathered together after each section instead of being placed adjacent to each shot - it reduces visual clutter and in my opinion was a good decision by the editors. A single-volume compilation of shots from each of the manned missions from Apollo 7 to 17, as the title indicates, with informative sections about the cameras, training, and techniques used to obtain these iconic images. If you are a serious student or enthusiast of the Apollo program, trust me, you are going to want this fine volume!

My wife loves Apollo missions.

This book hit me on two levels, space and photography, and both parts were well presented.I was a "space geek" in the 1960s, totally immersed in the manned space flight programs as they culminated with Apollo. I read everything, watched all of the T.V. broadcasts (only 3 channels back then), and had pictures of astronauts on my walls rather than sports figures. Living in central Florida, I watched every Saturn V launch from my backyard.So now, almost 50 years since we left earth orbit, I bought this book. Everything I read in Life Magazine, and watched on tiny CRT T.V. sets back then did not prepare me for the beauty of this book. It is well laid out, chronologically. There is a small narrative about each mission's goals as well as the crew biography. But it is about the photos.... and many are terrific. The astronauts were not artists, they were scientific daredevils, but with some basic training about f-stops and shutterspeeds, they captured views that no others have ever seen before... and on film, no rear LCD to make sure they got the shot. To be sure, they got the shots!The back of the book has a section on the cameras and lenses as well as training the astronauts received to be photojournalists, which will be of great interest to photography nuts (like me).Physically, the book is fantastic. If you don't have one, buy a coffee table to display it.

I have several other similar large format books featuring the Apollo and 1960's manned spaceflight photography. This one compares very favorably to the best including "Moon Shots," "Full Moon" and "Moon Fire." In fact, it's a great compliment to "Moon Shots" as there's not a lot of duplication of mission photos between the two books.Physically, the book is about 10 3/4 inches square, over 320 pages (almost 1 1/2 inches thick) printed on heavy stock matte paper. Every individual mission photo occupies a full page with several 2 page spreads and the reproduction, print and binding quality is excellent. A nice touch is the lettering on the cover and spine is in metallic gold brass.This book focuses exclusively on the manned missions of Apollo's 7 through 17. The book is divided into chapters for each of the 10 manned missions and a final chapter at the end of the book about the Hasselblad cameras used during the flights. Many of the photos are not the common ones you've seen on every book and magazine cover the last nearly 5 decades. All the photos are taken by the astronauts during the missions, thus you do not get any photos of the spacecraft hardware being built, or even photos of mission launches from the ground or splashdown.Overall, a very welcome addition to any follower of the Apollo program's photographic legacy.

Wonderful pictures and a perfect coffee table book.

love the historical information about the Nasa and spaceexcellent for any one that is interested in the History of American's the space flight history

I'm too young to have seen the Apollo launches but as a lover of aerospace and tech it's jaw dropping to see what man has been able to achieve way back when a computer was the size of a room and Mid Century design reigned supreme. I love this book, it has beautiful images of the moon and the Apollo astronauts working and doing science as well as great info on their respected missions. It is a book filled with small treasures of historical significance and would be a great gift or an amazing part of any family library. I am at the age to hopefully see mankind go back to the moon and on to other worlds and I hope to one day also add those books to my family library.

I grew up when Apollo was the happening thing. I'm still amazed by it. I'm also really interested in the photographic side of what they did, recording their exploits. This book is a must have for anyone who's into that. Not only does this book show the pictures in beautiful resolution but it includes neat summaries of each mission and the astronauts involved but as a massive bonus there's a wonderful section all about the camera equipment they used.I think that this is one of those books that, when it goes out of print will be worth a fortune but I'll never let mine go.

Libro che puntavo da tanto....comprato ad un prezzo super su Amazon seconda mano.....giunto praticamente nuovo senza nessun difetto. Libro stupendo , tutte le foto scattane nelle missioni Apollo con la mitica hassemblad , una foto x pagina , poche spiegazioni....questo e' un libro fotografico nel senso letterale. Stampa di prima qualita' , copertina rigida x gli appassionati da avere. Soddisfatto

Perfect, I’ve never seen my dad so excited about a gift

Arrived in mint condition. The book itself is amazing. The photographs and details stunning! The kids love it.

Impressiona pela qualidade do acabamento do livro, a das fotos, as observações relativas ao equipamento fotográfico, filme utilizado, treinamento específico e consultoria (via rádio) de fotógrafo mais experiente aos astronautas. Além de uma série de detalhes normalmente não mencionados em outros livros sobre a exploração espacial.