The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began as a modest research team experimenting with small rockets and turned into one of the greatest technological enterprises ever known. This hardbound book is a visual celebration of NASA's history, with more than 400 historic photographs and rare concept renderings, which were scanned and remastered using the latest technology and reproduced in extra-large size. The book travels from the earliest days of NASA through their current attempt to discover new space systems in the future and is available just in time to celebrate one of NASA's biggest achievements: the 50th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon.