The achievements of NASA and the Apollo programme languished in the popular imagination from the end of the 1970s until the early 2000s, neglected in the wake of previous euphoria. The exploration of Mars, space tourism, the commercial satellite market and the successes of recent probes including Rosetta, Juno, Cassini and New Horizons clearly demonstrate that space exploration is once again at …
The achievements of NASA and the Apollo programme languished in the popular imagination from the end of the 1970s until the early 2000s, neglected in the wake of previous euphoria. The exploration of Mars, space tourism, the commercial satellite market and the successes of recent probes including Rosetta, Juno, Cassini and New Horizons clearly demonstrate that space exploration is once again at the very forefront of public and, increasingly, private agendas. Vintage NASA prints, processed by NASA’s photographic laboratories shortly after the date of the scene depicted. As contemporary, …