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Photographing America's First Astronauts
J. L. Pickering, John Bisney
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Featuring more than 600 photos, Photographing America's First Astronauts: Project Mercury Through the Lens of Bill Taub is the most complete photographic account of Project Mercury ever published. Previous Project Mercury books largely have relied on the relatively limited number of photos released by NASA. This book, however, showcases hundreds of never-before-seen images of America’s first manned space program by NASA’s first staff photographer, Bill Taub. Taub went everywhere with the Mercury astronauts, capturing their daily activities from 1959 to 1963. As a result, his photos provide a unique and intimate behind-the-scenes look at the people and operations of Project Mercury in real time.
Drawing on Taub’s recently discovered archive of thousands of black-and-white and color prints, slides, and transparencies, this is the first book to comprehensively visually document Project Mercury. No previous book has devoted as many images to each of the Mercury Seven astronauts and their pioneering spaceflights. Other chapters cover astronaut selection and training, NASA management, and facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption. The foreword is by legendary NASA Flight Director Eugene Kranz.
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"Bill was the ultimate photographer. He was a sight to behold with cameras hanging from his neck and arms. I still don't know how he did it. The astronauts trusted him to do the right thing and to take the right photo. Bill was such a nice guy, well-liked by all of us who knew him. He never intruded on the astronauts' privacy."
"Bill's iconic images will live on forever. He and his camera acted as the eyes for all of us who couldn't be there. Bill captured the spirit and emotion of NASA's pioneering years through his images of astronaut training, launches, landings, and postflight celebrations. At every Apollo anniversary I photographed, the astronauts would embrace Bill as though he were part of the crew. I will always look to Bill and his work as the ultimate examples of what it means to be a storyteller for NASA, and I'm honored to have known him."
"When I was selected for the second astronaut class, the Mercury missions were still underway. Bill Taub had already become a familiar presence, and he became well-known to all of us throughout the later Gemini and Apollo flights. These newly published photos showcase Bill's great skill in capturing the historic efforts of all the men and women who were instrumental in getting us safely into space and back down."
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