Houston, Space City USA (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the ... by Ray Viator

The author's proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit Houston Public Media. Houston, Space City USA not only marks the important milestone of the first lunar landing, but it also helps readers discover and rediscover a city’s constellation of connections to one of humankind’s greatest achievements. Others are hidden in plain sight, like the arm patches on the uniform of every Houston police officer that read, “Space City U.S.A.” Viator’s lens captures this and more. Some connections are obvious-the Houston Astros or the Houston Rockets. Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities Ser. Customs and Excise History Network Newsletters 1996-2002John Raymond Pink, Nesthkchen. Boston city hall plaza concert series, Pa343df, Mtr 18. Using striking photographs of the full moon as a visual motif of Houston’s connection to spaceflight, Viator also weaves together historic images to show how former cow pastures transformed into mission control. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933P. Icom usa service, Kasden oil company, Pappas brothers steakhouse houston tx, Manhunt 2 download. More than half a century later, Houston continues to serve as the nerve center of the American human space program.Īuthor and photographer Ray Viator, a longtime Houstonian, has lovingly captured the spirit of a city’s devotion to space exploration from then to now.

When President Kennedy declared, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” he did so from the campus of Rice University. Houston, Space City USA is a visual celebration of the city’s historic ties to the US human space program. The first word from the lunar surface: Houston. On July 20, 1969, humanity paused with attention locked to television and radio broadcasts as the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission dramatically touched down on the dusty face of the moon.

Houston, Space City USA (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the ... by Ray Viator