Launch into a universe of creativity -- ready for you to color! The
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum presents a galaxy-spanning
new coloring book that provides a crisp, informative look at the history
of space exploration.
With this expertly crafted coloring book, fire your imagination as you
marvel at the wonders of interplanetary travel, interstellar
exploration, plus the human ingenuity that made it possible, with a
selection of the most celebrated artifacts and spacecraft from the
National Air and Space Museum collection.
Curated by museum experts and masterfully illustrated by John Pirtel
(Airplanes: A Smithsonian Coloring Book), get an up-close look at
Sputnik, Explorer 1, Friendship 7, Space Shuttle Discovery, Voyager,
astronaut Sally Ride's flight suit, a real Mars rover, the Apollo 11
capsule Columbia, and much more. These detailed pen and ink
illustrations encourage you to consider the vastness of space and the
achievements necessary to make these giant leaps for humankind, which
fans of spacecraft, coloring books, and space history can unlock with
their own creativity.
Each page of Spacecraft: A Smithsonian Coloring Book not only stands
alone as a work of art, but is also accompanied by brief and fascinating
insights from the museum's experts about each artifact and its history,
ensuring that time spent coloring is also time spent learning.
