Apollo Remastered: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Andy Saunders' remastered images are so clear and real that they are the next best thing to being there. . . They are an exact representation of what I remember from my journey to the Moon on Apollo 16. These photos reveal very precisely what the Moon was really like Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 Andy Saunders' remarkable digital imaging skills are rewriting space history. Saunders is doing for Project Apollo what the James Webb Space Telescope has done for astronomy: bringing our greatest adventure into sharp and arresting focus -- George Leopold, author of The Supersonic Life & Times Of Gus Grissom The stills from the Hasselblads take anything from a few hours to a day. Although those that are in a poorer state are more like restorations (such as the cover shot) and can take a couple of days or more to perfect. The panoramas typically take a day or more as I have to remaster each of a number of frames and then I ‘manually’ stitch these – I don’t use any automated software for this as they’re just never absolutely correct, and as it’s historically important imagery I want to ensure I know exactly what is going on. Every effort has gone into each stage of the print process, to ensure the photographs in the book are of the highest quality and accuracy. The expertise of pre-press specialists, countless stages of digital proofing, and assessing / amending the prints as they came off the presses at some of the world’s finest printers have helped achieve this goal.

Where this book is better than Apollo VII-XVII, beyond the impressive 400-ish full glossy pictures to look at, is the captions that go with the images. Meticulous research to ensure accuracy, quotes, attribution. Even though I worked for NASA for 40 years, I can only view the work Andy does in digital restoration of analog imagery as innovative, creative, and a gift to the world. The precision, the detail, and the validity of his work on the old film from early human spaceflight is breathtaking to me - such incredibly valuable results and contributions to these historic events Jim Lewis, Command Recovery Pilot, Liberty Bell 7 The amount of work that's gone into putting it all together must be immeasurable, but the result is just literally out of this world. Andy Saunders must have the patience of a saint to have worked him magic on all these. Truly epic . . . Some of the scenes you'll recognize; they're among the most iconic photos ever taken. But others you will not have seen before; and certainly not in the detail that Andy has rendered them. They have a crispness and depth that makes you want to reach out and touch them Jonathan Amos, BBC Online A handsome volume. . . The digitally restored images in Apollo Remastered bring NASA's moon voyages to life as never before Simon Ings, New Scientist, Best Books of the YearAfter five decades, it's very rare that something comes along from Apollo that genuinely surprises me... but this is truly special. It changes everything, in an instant Mark McCaughrean, Senior Advisor for Science and Exploration, European Space Agency

Thankfully, I was not let down. In fact, the book exceeds expectation, as it contained far more photos and information than I expected. Young Americans today simply don't appreciate what was accomplished in the 1960s, and, indeed, in the 20th century. I once asked my Great-Grandmother what she thought of the moon landing and she said it was astonishing, not simply because we beat the Russians, but because when she was born in 1891, unless you had wealth and could afford a horse and carriage, you walked everywhere; that's how you got around. In less than her lifetime (she died in 1984), she saw America move from the horse and buggy to the moon, which is an astonishing accomplishment.Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the last steps taken on the Moon, this unique, definitive book about the Apollo missions reveals hundreds of extraordinary, newly-restored, and all-new images from the NASA archives that provide a never-before-seen perspective on the Apollo endeavors. A peerless photographic masterpiece - almost as audacious as Apollo itself. If you only buy one Apollo book before the decade is out make sure it's this one! A total treasure to pore over for a lifetime Dr Chris Riley - BAFTA nominated writer, filmmaker and co-producer of In The Shadow Of The Moon