United Space Alliance, prime contractor for NASA's Space Shuttle program, joins twelve of the world's leading space organizations to sponsor "The Year In Space." This lavishly illustrated 1999 weekly desk calendar featuring color photographs of space exploration and astronomical discovery is now available to the general public.
USA, a joint venture between The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin, is responsible for the day-to-day operation and management of the U.S. Space Shuttle fleet, including mission design and planning, flight operations, payload integration, and vehicle processing, launch and recovery.
"The Year In Space is a year-long tribute to the Space Shuttle program and the entire legacy of space exploration," says Steve Cariddi, President of Starry Messenger Press, which publishes the weekly calendar. "Week after week this desk calendar conveys the excitement of outer space to all of us here on Earth. The tremendous support the calendar has received from the aerospace industry has helped make it one of the most unique space publications ever produced."
"The Year In Space" boasts 53 weekly color space images that were carefully selected from the NASA archives, interplanetary spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope and other world-famous observatories. An informative essay accompanies every image, and each weekly calendar page is filled with facts and anniversaries relating to the history of space exploration and astronomy.
As a desk calendar for 1999, "The Year In Space" is extraordinarily complete: 53 weekly calendars, 12 monthly calendars, a full-year planning calendar, a four-year long-range calendar–even a daily moon phase calendar–give the user five different ways to plan ahead. The 172-page calendar also includes an address section, as well as blank pages for additional notes.
Several exciting space-related articles round out "The Year In Space." Adds Cariddi, "By working closely with our sponsors, we have been able to able to include a very comprehensive article about the International Space Station, a schedule of NASA's launches for 1999, and a report on planetary exploration in the upcoming year."
Other organizations sponsoring "The Year In Space" include The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Spar Aerospace, The Planetary Society, US Space & Rocket Center, Astronomy Magazine, Mission HOME, US Space Foundation, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Eagle Picher Technologies, Planet 10, Astronauts Memorial Foundation, and Spacer.Com: Daily Space News.
"The Year In Space" 1999 desk calendar sells for $13.95 and can be purchased directly from the publisher at
http://www.YearInSpace.com, or (800) 736-6836. Multiple copy discounts are available.
For information about corporate discounts and sponsorship opportunities contact:
Starry Messenger Press
208 East State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
