Space Shots: A Sneak Peek at Lynn Davis' Photo Book for Launch Lovers

Space Project, Photographs by Lynn Davis, Introduction by Alan Weisman. (The Monacelli Press, 128 pages, $65).

Lynn Davis photographs her travels to historic space exploration sites across the globe. She received special permission to visit Baikonur in Kazakhstan, a leading launch site shrouded in secrecy since the 1950s, and her photographs offer one of the first inside glimpses of launches, transmission towers, fuel lines, and satellites.

Monument to Yuri Gargarin in Baikonur City. Photographed 2003.

Soyuz TMA-3 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photographed 2005.

The view from a launch platform at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photographed 2005.

Obsolete telecommunications, Location 18, Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photographed 2005.

Rocket engine test stand at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Photographed 2004.

Launch complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photographed 2004.

Frederick C. Gillett Gemini North Telescope at Gemini North Observatory in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Photographed 2005.

Monument to the Conquerers of Space of the VDNKh (1964), Exhibition Center, Moscow. Photographed 2004.

Prototype early cruise missile design at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photographed 2005.

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Space Shots: A Sneak Peek at Lynn Davis' Photo Book for Launch Lovers

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Space Shots: A Sneak Peek at Lynn Davis' Photo Book for Launch Lovers