num_pages: 224
description: This is no ordinary space book.Within the pages of this eclectic pop-history scientist and educator Sten Odenwald at NASA examines 100 objects that forever altered what we know and how we think about the cosmos. From Sputnik to Skylab and Galileos telescope to the Curiosity rover some objects are iconic and some obscurebut all are utterly important. These 100 objects as Odenwald puts it showcase the workhorse tools and game-changing technologies that have altered the course of space history . . . the tools and devices that taken together represent the major scientific discoveriesand celebrate the human ingenuityof space technology showing the ways physics and engineering have brought about our greatest leaps in understanding the way our universe works. . . . They make it clear that we have made giant strides in our quest to search ever more deeply into the farthest reaches of the universeand behind each new discovery is an object that expands our appreciation of space as well as the boundless imagination and resourcefulness we carry within us.
language: English
title: Space Exploration―A History in 100 Objects
publisher: The Experiment