一部收集最精彩、最齊全且難得一見的太空影像，再搭配阿波羅太空任務的起始到在月球｢邁出人類一大步｣的圖文記錄，完整呈現人類航天發展的開始。

《Apollo Remastered》一書是阿波羅太空任務的終極攝影記錄，由世界著名的美國太空總署數碼影像修復員Andy Saunders復刻半個世紀的太空影像，再重現讀者眼前。

本書完整地展示人類最偉大冒險的攝影旅程，一路從阿波羅拍攝的太空影像，經高解析度重整的經典鏡頭，還有許多前所未見的發現和復刻影像，包括人類在月球邁出的第一步，再到從月球拍攝地球的驚人新視野等畫面。

阿波羅太空任務攝影原片由太空總署收藏，一直安全地存放在休士頓的詹森太空中心（Johnson Space Centre）的冷藏室，從沒有被取出。雖然過去50年，不少影像副本不斷公開展示，但質量已經逐漸退化，許多影像模糊不清。幾年前，太空總署把原影片從冷藏室取出解凍、清理和進行數碼掃描，再以空前的解析度重新修復，本書作者從這影片寶庫中精挑細選將近300張最佳的影像收錄於本書中。

書中以簡短的篇章按時間順序組織，始於水星計劃（美國第一人的航天計劃）、雙子星計劃 (Gemini，前阿波羅計劃)、阿波羅7號到17號，每一章包含30多張全頁或跨頁圖片，完美呈現重要細節和任務詳情，是一本極具收藏價值的影像書。

 

Andy Saunders，是美國太空總署數碼復修世界第一流的專家之一，他的作品曾在博物館展出，也曾出現在BBC News、《Daily Telegraph》、《Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine》、《Ars Technica》和《華盛頓日報》，以及美國太空總署的檔案庫。

 

“Andy Saunders's 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.”──查爾斯．杜克（Charlie Duke），阿波羅16號太空人



“The images Andy Saunders has produced from the 50 year old original film are just incredible. I have personally checked the images in the book, and if you want to know what it was really like on the Apollo missions, then this is for you. The photographs capture the pioneering era I took part in perfectly, and the techniques Andy has used have brought out such fantastic detail from that old original film we took back in the 60s. Maintaining an accurate record of these historic moments is such important work not just now, after half a century, but also for future generations.”──瓦爾特．康尼翰（Walter Cunningham），阿波羅7號太空人



“Seeing historians like Andy Saunders produce such cutting-edge results is incredible. . . Not only has Andy done a remarkable job bringing more details to light, but his incredible work has also created a lot of public excitement”──Brian Odom，美國太空總署首席歷史學家