Aller-retour pour l'espace

Joseph P. Allen, Russell Martin (co-author), Albert Ducrocq (intro.)
Translated from the American English by Jacques Guiod
Year1984
PublisherÉditions Mazarine
PlaceParis
LanguageFR
ISBN9782863741863
Pages224
Rating★★★☆☆ (3/5)
AudienceGeneral
LevelBeginner
Keywords
space biologyweightlessnessastronaut memoirsSpace Shuttle
ThemesHuman Spaceflight

A large-format photography book published in 1984, Aller-retour pour l'espace gathers more than two hundred NASA colour photographs, from Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle, alongside a text by astronaut Joseph P. Allen, a veteran of the STS-5 (1982) and STS-51A (1984) missions. Across seven thematic chapters, Allen reflects on reaching orbit, life and work aboard, the contemplation of Earth and the exploration of the solar system. The book is Jacques Guiod's French translation of Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey, with an introduction by Albert Ducrocq.

📖 Editorial Review

Published at the dawn of the Shuttle era, this large-format volume gathers more than two hundred NASA photographs alongside a text by Joseph P. Allen, a physicist turned astronaut. Far from a mere picture album, it reads as a meditation on what it now means to live and work in space. …