Description: The most complete pictorial record of the Apollo 1 tragedy.
Brief description: J. L. Pickering, who has amassed the world's largest private archive of US human space flight images, has been conducting historical photo research on the US space program for nearly 50 years. This includes assembling, studying, and organizing a personal collection of more than 250,000 prints, transparencies, and digital files. Today he serves as a resource for authors, museums, astronauts, and others. He lives in Illinois.
Review Quotes: ldquo;This book is the definitive photographic chronicle of one of the most pivotal events in NASA's history, when the three Apollo 1 astronauts made the ultimate sacrifice in the 1960s race to the Moon. It will be invaluable to historians and space fans alike."--Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts"