{"title":"Luke Wesley Price","description":"\u003cp\u003eLuke Wesley Price delves into the captivating realm of space exploration, offering readers an immersive experience through exquisite photography and detailed narratives. His works illuminate the artistry and technology behind missions that have expanded our understanding of the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom vivid portrayals of space shuttles to the intricate details of space mission art, Price’s books celebrate the intersection of science and visual storytelling. Enthusiasts of science and nature will appreciate the careful attention to both the technical and aesthetic aspects of his subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"space-mission-art-by-luke-wesley-price-9781781453810","title":"Space Mission Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 1961, the United States of America has launched men and women into the hostile vacuum of space. For the adventures on which they were about to embark, astronauts, associates, and designers commemorated each mission by creating a unique insignia that the crew could wear with pride on their spacesuits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpace Mission Art\u003c\/em\u003e collects every one of these iconic designs, plus sticker sheets, to celebrate the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Space Shuttle programmes. They are presented in full colour and glorious detail alongside the stories behind their design. There are also crew photos, mission facts, and trivia that reveal the human face of space exploration, capturing the comedy, tragedy, bravery, and beauty of these extraordinary adventures into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luke Wesley Price is a British graphic designer with over 20 years of experience in branding, advertising, and imagery, who founded his own design agency in 2008. 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Arranged in thematic chapters ranging from launch pad through launch sequence, to the missions themselves and the dramatic conclusion of the return flight and landing, this is a fascinating photographic history of the world's first reusable spacecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpace Shuttle: A Photographic Journey\u003c\/em\u003e pays tribute to the five pioneering orbiters built by NASA: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. It was developed by author Luke Wesley Price through exhaustive study of the NASA archives and painstaking post-production processing of images to enhance their visual impact, all guided by correspondence with inspirational shuttle pilots such as the late Bruce McCandless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book tells the story of the space shuttle through extraordinary moments in a selection of NASA's 135 shuttle missions. Beautifully reproduced photographs capture the drama and danger of the hazardous launch sequences and vividly depict the techniques and challenges of mission tasks including space walks, in-flight maintenance work, and docking with the International Space Station.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also collates the details of every space shuttle mission flown, including launch dates and lists of crew, alongside a gallery of the 135 exquisitely designed mission patches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHORS:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luke Wesley Price is a British graphic designer of over 20 years' experience in branding, advertising and imagery, who founded his own design agency in 2008. He has had a lifelong interest in America's space history, from Project Mercury through to Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and beyond. As a child growing up in the 1980s, the space shuttle program was always the highlight and central thread of this passion, and in his research for this book he fulfilled the ambition of corresponding regularly with the shuttle pilots who had been his heroes. When not working in the world of design, Luke travels the world as a bass guitarist in bands including his own musical project RenattaJane. Luke lives in Essex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher J. Ferguson is a former NASA astronaut who was commander of the Space Shuttle Atlantis for flight STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Previously, on his first space mission (STS-115) in September 2006, he had been the pilot of Atlantis, and he commanded STS-126 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008. 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