Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars

From winged rocket ships, to the giant rotating wheels of Wernher von Braun and 2001: A Space Odyssey, to the epic, controversy-wracked sagas of Mir and the International Space Station, this blend of history and popular culture explains why the dream of a permanently occupied space outpost has captivated so many for so long. 95 drawings, artists' conceptions, and photographs, many rare and never before published, are brought together to illustrate this narrative of the evolution of the space station as cultural icon.