这幅夜空地图集由 Wil Tirion 绘制，以 Hipparcos 和 Tycho 星表为基础，恒星极限星等为 6.5。

在每张整页地图的对面，洛厄尔天文台的 Brian Skiff 准备了一个表格，列出了在双筒望远镜或小型望远镜中可见的有趣物体。这些物体包括星系、疏散星团、弥散星云、亮星云、行星状星云、双星和变星。

Atlas 包含一组季节性星图，可帮助用户了解几乎整个人口稠密地区的夜空。Skiff 目录中的物体也列在交叉引用表中。是大型 Sky Atlas 2000.0 或 Uranometria 2000.0 的理想配套地图集。

By Jeff Kanipe 

Product information: Softbound, 6 by 9 inches, 432 pages, first published 2024, colour.

Annals of the Deep Sky is a comprehensive reference that guides amateur and semipro astronomers into every mind-boggling corner of the observational universe. Each volume presents extensive descriptions of prominent stars and deep-sky objects. No other popular work in astronomy provides the comprehensive historical background and astrophysical appraisals of prominent stars and celestial objects.

In Volume 11, we delve into the celestial smorgasbord found in the constellations Gemini, Grus, Hercules, Horologium, and Hydra. Featured objects include the open cluster M35 in Gemini, as well as the strange case of NGC 2371-72, one of the most unusual examples of a planetary nebula. The southern constellation Grus contains IC 5148, a large planetary nebula with an unusual inner-tube-like morphology, as well as the grand design, multi-armed spiral galaxy NGC 7424, which contains a number of enigmatic radio and X-ray sources. Hercules hosts the great globular clusters M13 and M92, of course, and imagers will want to target Abell 2151, the rich Hercules Cluster that links up with the Great Wall of galaxies. Horologium contains the remarkable star Gliese 1061, a solar neighbour harbouring a planetary system. And don’t forget to check out the globular cluster NGC 1261 and the stunning Seyfert galaxy NGC 1433. Finally, Hydra’s showcase object is the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83; other attractions include the face-on multiarm spiral galaxy NGC 2835 and the spectacular pair NGC 3314A and B — two entwined galaxies with different orientations.

By Jeff Kanipe 

Product information: Softbound, 6 by 9 inches, 432 pages, first published 2024, colour.

Annals of the Deep Sky is a comprehensive reference that guides amateur and semipro astronomers into every mind-boggling corner of the observational universe. Each volume presents extensive descriptions of prominent stars and deep-sky objects. No other popular work in astronomy provides the comprehensive historical background and astrophysical appraisals of prominent stars and celestial objects.

In volume 12 of Annals of the Deep Sky, explore the realms of Hydrus, Indus, Lacerta, Leo, Leo Minor, Lepus, Libra, and Lupus. Featured objects in Hydrus include NGC 602, a young version of the Orion Nebula, and NGC 1466, a bright, rich globular cluster. In Indus, the galaxy pair NGC 6935/6937 presents very different spiral-type morphologies. Lacerta harbors BL Lacertae, the prototype of a class of active galactic nuclei.

Leo includes the famous Leo Triplet and the striking pair M95 and M96, and Leo Minor includes the two interacting systems of Arp 107 and NGC 3395/3396. Lepus has R Leporis, the symbiotic star SS Leporis, and an incipient planetary nebula.  Libra includes the Algol-type variable Delta Librae, HD 140283, and NGC 5728, a triple-ringed Seyfert 2 galaxy.

Finally, Lupus hosts the Lupus Clouds, among the nearest low-mass star-forming regions; IC 4406, an edge-on planetary nebula; and NGC 5643, a grand design spiral galaxy with complex inner structure.

Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2026 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as detailing the phases of the Moon and visibility and locations of the planets throughout the year. To supplement all this is a variety of entertaining and informative articles, a feature for which the Yearbook of Astronomy is known.

Articles for the 2026 edition include:

• Recent Advances in Astronomy by Rod Hine
• Recent Advances in Solar System Exploration by Peter Rea
• Anniversaries in 2026 by Neil Haggath
• The Astronomers' Stars: Taking It to Extremes by Lynne Marie Stockman
• Hawking Stars by Andrew D. Santarelli and Matthew E. Caplan
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Professor A. S. Eddington by David M. Harland
• Planetary Protection: Keeping the Planets Safe from Earthly Bacteria by Peter Rea
• Nearby Worlds Out There: The Many Kinds of Exoplanet by John McCue
• Comets and Literature in the Nineteenth Century by Randall Stevenson
• On the Origin of NASA Names by Means of Imaginative Selection by Peter Rea
• Mission to Mars: Countdown to Building a Brave New World: Pausing for Thought by Martin Braddock
• A History of Observatory Designs: The Telescope Age from the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries by Katrin Raynor
• Sidewalk Astronomy: Cosmos to Kerbside by Jonathan Powell

This iconic publication made its first appearance way back in 1962, shortly after the dawning of the Space Age. Now well into its seventh decade of production, the Yearbook continues to be essential reading for anyone lured and fascinated by the magic of astronomy and who has a desire to extend their knowledge of the Universe and the wonders to which it plays host. The Yearbook of Astronomy is indeed an inspiration to amateur and professional astronomers alike, and warrants a place on the bookshelf of all stargazers and watchers of the skies.

AUTHOR:
Brian Jones developed a fascination for astronomy at the age of five when he first saw the stars through a pair of binoculars, and his interest took him into the realms of writing sky guides for local newspapers, appearing on local radio and television, teaching astronomy and space in schools and, in 1985, becoming a full time astronomy and space writer. As well as being editor of the Yearbook of Astronomy since the 2017 edition, Brian has penned around 20 books to date which have covered a wide range of astronomy- and space-related topics for both children and adults. His passion for bringing an appreciation of the universe to his readers is reflected in his writing. The minor planet 45689 Brianjones is named after him.

100 colour illustrations

Let Lonely Planet take you further than ever before with the world's first and only travel guide to the Universe. Developed with the latest data from NASA, we take you from our home on Earth and out into the far reaches of the solar system, then into our neighbouring stars and planetary systems, and finally into the rest of our galaxy and the Universe.

This fascinating journey will help you explore space as you would the world with a Lonely Planet guide. Unique to these pages are wonderful comparisons of Earth with the other worlds of our solar system and even those exoplanets orbiting other stars.

You'll discover as much as we know about our celestial neighbourhood, and our place in it. In addition to planets and moons, get to know our Sun, explore the asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt, and learn what lays beyond, in interstellar space. Outside our solar system, travel to some of the notable neighbouring stars, stellar systems and exoplanets we've discovered. You'll understand how we search for planets where life might exist and the stars they orbit.

Finally, discover the edge of the observable Universe. Get to know the structure of the Milky Way as well as an orientation to neighbouring galaxies like the Andromeda Galaxy which is visible from Earth. Then explore other galactic formations and learn about galactic clusters and superclusters. By the end of the book, you'll have a sense for the structure of the entire Universe as well as some of the big questions we still have as we ponder our place in it.

后院天文学家指南^第四版

《后院天文学家指南》是对有史以来最方便用户的天文学书籍的彻底更新，特伦斯·迪金森和艾伦·戴尔的开创性天文学参考书^第4 版为下一代观星者彻底修改了这本深受喜爱的经典著作。

最新版《后院天文学家指南》采用引人入胜的动态重新设计，通篇配有全新照片和星图。该指南增加了 48 页，包含 5 个全新章节。其中包括资深天文学作家 Ken Hewitt-White 撰写的三篇双筒望远镜、一架望远镜和月球。肉眼可见的新鲜内容、2020 年即将到来的天体事件、支持 WiFi 的望远镜以及双筒望远镜、望远镜和其他天文设备的进步确保《后院天文学家指南》在未来几年内将继续成为各级观星者的宝贵工具。

对于希望改善天文观赏体验的爱好者来说，本版本是一本必备指南；

• 为业余天文学的可访问和可靠信息设定标准
• 解答新手和经验丰富的观星者关于设备和技术的数百个问题
• 包含有关银河系、极光、望远镜和天文摄影的所有新部分，以及新的图像处理教程
• 更新所有设备和软件建议
• 包括数十台双筒望远镜和望远镜的测试报告
• 以麻省理工学院教授、系外行星研究先驱 Sara Seager 博士撰写的序言为特色

库存编号：9780228103271

公众对哈勃和詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜拍摄的惊人图像有一定的了解。这些图像在更一般的出版物中被描述为“漂亮的图片”，对图像的任何更详细的分析很快就会变得非常科学。

本书旨在超越美丽的图画，用通俗易懂的语言、非科学的语言探索宇宙的奇迹，同时保持科学与艺术的平衡。本书通过讨论光的波长、发射特定波长光的气体以及它们如何组合形成我们看到的图像，探讨了每个物体的各个方面，例如颜色。

本书重点介绍了这些望远镜拍摄的 50 张最受欢迎的图像以及来自智利、西班牙、加那利群岛和澳大利亚的地面望远镜拍摄的图像。

每幅图像都用简单的英语描述，并讨论了诸如物体在天空中的位置、距离有多远、是什么导致了它的颜色、什么过程形成了这种结构以及从这次观察中获得了哪些新知识等方面。

该部分概述了如何通过组合几张单色图像来生成这些彩色图像，揭示了这些图像创作背后的一些秘密。

最后一部分包括如何访问哈勃和詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜档案的原始图像数据以及公民科学家读者如何根据他们对科学和艺术的解读创建自己的图像的指南。

A sweeping tour of the galaxies, from our Milky Way to infinity.

Galaxies are glittering islands in the Universe, interwoven in the web of Dark Matter. From Earth's mountaintops enormous telescopes peer deep beyond the Milky Way, while space telescopes locate majestic images, and through seemingly miraculous technology, capture them for us to look at and learn with amazement.

Featuring the most recent, best, and even startling images with detailed captions highlighting accessible text, Galaxies shows the restless universe beyond our atmosphere. Photographs are from more than 30 of the world's largest ground-based telescopes, including the largest to date, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. Images are also featured from the Hubble Space Telescope, which has continued to operate long past its expected life and to astound and astonish stargazers worldwide.

Here is the glory of the galaxies:

• The Milky Way, our Galaxy -- Stellar Nurseries, Stars and Planets, When Stars Die; In the Heart of the Milky Way; Mapping the Milky Way
• Our Galactic Neighbourhood -- The Magellanic Clouds; the Andromeda Galaxy; The Triangulum Galaxy; Satellite Galaxies
• How far away are the stars?
• The Gallery of Galaxies -- Spiral Galaxies; Barred Spiral Galaxies; Elliptical, Lenticular and Dwarf Galaxies; Dark Matter; The Expanding Universe
• Monsters and Black Holes -- Twisting Galaxies; Colliding Galaxies; Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars; Supermassive Black Holes; Giant Eyes for the Sky
• Clusters of Galaxies -- Cosmic Clusters; Gravitational Lensing; Dark Forces; The Large-scale Structure of the Universe; Looking Back in Time
• Birth and Evolution -- At the Edge of Space and Time; The First Galaxies; The Beginning of the Universe; Dark Energy; Cosmology

AUTHOR:
Govert Schilling is an internationally acclaimed astronomy writer. He is a contributing editor of Sky and Telescope and his articles have appeared in Science, New Scientist and BBC Sky at Night magazines. He is the author of more than 50 books on a wide variety of astronomical topics.

Born and raised in remote Broken Hill, Trevor Barry left school after year ten to work in the mines. Years later, a single glimpse of Saturn through a colleague's telescope knocked Trevor's world completely off its axis, turning his whole life upside down.

With his newfound passion and armed with decades of outback know-how, Trevor set about building an observatory in his backyard using bits and pieces from his shed, a second-hand washing machine motor, rainwater tank parts and an old catamaran wire. It took some canny negotiations with his wife, Cheryl, 'the Gorgeous and Adorable', whose prized garden took a battering - especially when he decided to add a second storey - but before long Trevor was not just gazing at the stars but capturing extraordinary images of the planets.

Over the years, Trevor's love affair with Saturn, 'the ringed jewel of the solar system', only grew more passionate, and in his early fifties he did a degree in astronomy, topping his class.

When he recorded a massive storm on Saturn from his backyard observatory, he alerted NASA. The world's greatest space agency took note and invited Trevor to contribute to its interplanetary research - leading to opportunities far beyond Broken Hill and even Trevor's wildest dreams.

Today, when he's not tending the greens at his local bowls club, Trevor can usually be found in his backyard, collecting data for international research projects. His work is held in high regard by professional astronomers, and his observations are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals around the world.

About Trevor

Trevor Barry has called Broken Hill home his whole life. At 17, he started work in the local mines and built a good life there, married to his high school sweetheart, Cheryl, the Gorgeous and Adorable. But then Trevor fell in love again - not with Cheryl, but with a planet: Saturn. Just one look through a telescope changed his life forever. First he built his own telescope, and then an observatory - until finally, at 51, Trevor decided to gaze at the stars full time and enrolled at university to study astronomy. He now collects data vital to NASA research and is renowned for his extraordinary photographs of the planets.

畅销书作家、英国宇航员蒂姆·皮克 (Tim Peake) 为我们讲述了一部鼓舞人心的人类太空旅行史，从阿波罗任务到我们未来的火星之旅。这是新一代的正确选择。

“这本书太棒了——千载难逢。这是一本适合全家人阅读的书。”克里斯·埃文斯，Virgin Radio

“最精彩的书……蒂姆·皮克是一位太空历史学家和百科全书。”罗里·斯图尔特

“这是一本非凡的书。对任何人来说都是如此——即使你对太空不感兴趣。如果你对人类故事和人类性格感兴趣——这本书令人愉悦。”英国广播公司早餐新闻

“这是一本引人入胜、内容详尽、充满趣味的书，它源自广泛的研究——皮克曾会见了七名阿波罗宇航员、俄罗斯宇航员和其他各种太空技术人员——以及他丰富的个人经历。揭开了太空的面纱：奉献和牺牲；政治和哑剧；实用性和危险；荣耀和名望；回归正常生活。” iPaper

“一部令人激动的人类太空史”每日镜报

“太空旅行圣经”克里斯·莫伊尔斯，Radio X

正如在蒂姆·皮克主演的热门电视剧《我们的宇宙的秘密》中所见。

人类历史上只有 628 人离开过地球。这是他们的故事。

宇航员蒂姆·皮克追溯了那些为人类在地球以外开辟道路的杰出男男女女的生活，从尤里·加加林到尼尔·阿姆斯特朗，从瓦伦蒂娜·捷列什科娃到佩吉·惠特森。

皮克的书中充满了对我们最伟大的先驱和无名英雄的迷人洞察，以及只有宇航员才知道的惊人细节，是同类书中第一本记录人类从第一次尝试到现在 60 年来太空探索演变的书籍。在此过程中，皮克揭示了太空飞行的真实面貌：地球的奇妙景色、超现实的失重感、非凡的危险、令人惊讶的单调、意想不到的幽默、新发现的视角、多年的训练、心理压力、艰苦的身体消耗、发射的兴奋和重返大气层的恐惧。

未来几年，NASA 将派遣第一位女性和第一位有色人种踏上月球表面。这些即将踏上月球的人与传奇的阿波罗宇航员有何区别？是否还需要勇敢无畏的态度、超人般的体能、智慧，以及“正确的东西”——传说中的在压力下保持优雅？宇航员将如何走得更远——去火星甚至更远的地方？

太空：人类的故事揭示了一切。

“太空爱好者会成群结队地购买皮克这本引人入胜的书，但他对勇气的描述，
同志情谊和勇往直前的决心值得更多读者阅读——《每日快报》

夜空观察者指南 - 第 2 卷针对春季和夏季（南半球为秋季和冬季）

《夜空观察者指南》的初衷是缩小观测文献与现代光学之间的差距。它为中型或大型口径望远镜的拥有者提供了一些关于在此类仪器中寻找什么的想法——可以看到什么物体，以及可以看到这些物体中的哪些细节。现在，它已经出版了四卷，已成为观测不可或缺的资源。

《夜空观察者指南- 第 2 卷》专门针对对观察星系、星云和星团感兴趣的业余爱好者，其中还包括双星和变星。其中最著名或视觉上最令人印象深刻的物体的书面描述与其他深空物体的描述类似。对于所涵盖的大多数深空物体，都有一个简短的描述，即通过两个或多个望远镜孔径（例如 8/10"、12/14"、16/18"、20/22"）和不同倍率看到的物体。为数百个物体提供了目镜印象草图。虽然这本书是为北纬地区设计的，这一点从卷名就可以看出，但它是任何天文学家的观察辅助工具库中非常有用的补充。

每章都专门介绍一个星座，第一页是一般性评论。第二页是星座地图，旁边是恒星数据表，通常占满整个页面。每章的其余页面包含照片、草图和查找图表。在整个过程中，对物体的描述包括通过不同尺寸的仪器看到的景色。

涵盖的星座：
安利亚、天鹰座、牧夫座、猎犬座、摩羯座、半人马座、后发座、南冕座、北冕座、乌鸦座、陨石坑、天鹅座、海豚座、天龙座、马座、武仙座、九头蛇座、狮子座、小狮子座、天秤座、狼疮座、天琴座、显微镜座、蛇夫座、射手座、射手座、天蝎座、蛇头座、蛇尾座、六分仪座、大熊座、小熊座、处女座和狐狸座。

产品信息： 8.5 x 11 英寸，精装，512 页。

国际标准书号： 978-0943396606

对于科学迷、太空和物理学爱好者以及所有想要了解自己在宇宙中的位置的人来说，尼尔·德格拉斯·泰森的这本启发性新书以他心爱的 StarTalk 播客的丰富素材为基础，对宇宙的奥秘和奇观进行了独特的解读。

在这些充满启发性的页面中，泰森和合著者、著名物理学家和科学普及者詹姆斯·特雷菲尔（James Trefil）通过令人眼花缭乱的照片和富有启发性的图表，探讨了人类几千年来一直在提出的重大问题——生命是如何开始的？我们在宇宙中的位置是什么？我们是孤独的吗？——并根据最新的数据、观察和理论给出了答案。

这本有趣而又贴切的书中充满了有助于解释天体物理学基本要素的范式转换发现，它将吸引和激励各个年龄段的读者，使复杂的概念变得触手可及，并为我们了解宇宙的复杂性打开一扇窗户。

对于所有喜爱《国家地理》杂志的《与尼尔·德格拉斯·泰森的星际对话》 、 《宇宙：可能的世界》和《太空地图集》的人来说，这本新书将带领他们踏上更多探索宇宙奇观的旅程。

Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey is a captivating visual celebration of NASA’s pioneering spacecraft and is one the most well stunning books to arrive at BINTEL in a long time.

Commemorating 30 years of space shuttle exploration, this beautifully crafted photography book, now in a revised format, curates the finest NASA space shuttle images into one inspirational collection.

Arranged in thematic chapters ranging from the following:
• Launch Pad
• Lift-Off
• In Space
• Landings

From the launch pad through to the launch sequence, to the missions themselves and the dramatic conclusion of the return flight and landing, this is a fascinating photographic history of the world's first reusable spacecraft. Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey pays tribute to the five pioneering orbiters built by NASA: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. It was developed by author Luke Wesley Price through an exhaustive study of the NASA archives and painstaking post-production processing of images to enhance their visual impact, all guided by correspondence with inspirational shuttle pilots such as the late Bruce McCandless.

The book tells the story of the space shuttle through extraordinary moments in a selection of NASA's 135 shuttle missions. Beautifully reproduced photographs capture the drama and danger of the hazardous launch sequences and vividly depict the techniques and challenges of mission tasks, including space walks, in-flight maintenance work and docking with the International Space Station. The book also collates the details of every space shuttle mission flown, including launch dates and lists of crew, alongside a gallery of the 135 exquisitely designed mission patches.

Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in human space exploration.

AUTHORS:
Luke Wesley Price is a British graphic designer of over 20 years’ experience in branding, advertising and imagery, who founded his own design agency in 2008. He has had a lifelong interest in America’s space history, from Project Mercury through to Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and beyond. As a child growing up in the 1980s, the space shuttle program was always the highlight and central thread of this passion, and in his research for this book he fulfilled the ambition of corresponding regularly with the shuttle pilots who had been his heroes. When not working in the world of design, Luke travels the world as a bass guitarist in bands including his own musical project RenattaJane. Luke lives in Essex.

Christopher J. Ferguson is a former NASA astronaut who was commander of the Space Shuttle Atlantis for flight STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Previously, on his first space mission (STS-115) in September 2006, he had been the pilot of Atlantis, and he commanded STS-126 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008. He retired from NASA in 2011 and is now director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program.

Written by Anne Jankéliowitch
Illustrated by Annabelle Buxton

Guide children on a fact-packed journey through stickers! With 350+ reusable stickers, this interactive companion to Barefoot Books Solar System includes 24 pages of information and activities about our solar system. Learn about the planets, stars, space exploration, and more! 

44 pages, perfect for 6 to 8 year old young astronomers

弗雷德·沃森的最新著作现已在 BINTEL 上架，书中介绍了从宇宙中回荡的光、黑洞的力学原理以及如何驾驭夜幕降临时隐藏的乐趣，到人类面临的最深奥问题等所有领域的最新知识。《宇宙编年史》讲述了来自科学前沿的令人费解的故事，是专家对我们所知道的内容以及我们是如何知道这些内容的看法。

非常值得一读 - 另外我们还有一些弗雷德签名的副本。

On July 21, 1969, the first man set foot on The Moon. When Neil Armstrong was asked if this made him feel big, he answered: "No, it made me feel really, really small."

50 years later, this publication celebrates that special moment that put life on earth into a totally different perspective. It collects pictures of the world's best photographers from the 1840s until today. Next to historical photographs and imagery printed in media, the publication features many artists that each in their own way reflect on this mystical celestial body, we call 'moon'. The book shows the diversity of meanings of The Moon, it's relation to mankind and to nature.

The Moon has always both attracted and scared people around the world. It is our everyday connection to the unfathomable universe. Since time immemorial it is revered for its beauty, its stillness and mysterious appearance and yet also feared for its supernatural-seeming qualities. In mythology The Moon has always been given a central place. With its magnetic forces it changes the tides and has a direct and uncontrollable impact on mankind from above.

In 1840, barely three years after the invention of photography, J.W. Draper makes the first picture ever made of The Moon and since that day photographers have never stopped following his example. The paradoxical aspects of the moon continue to fascinate and inspire. Like a photograph The Moon depends on sunlight to be visible. It has no light of its own and no apparent strength to resist our nightly city lights either. Photographers feel this close connection to The Moon's characteristics and find the perfect object in its aesthetics.

The landing on The Moon was a culmination point of the1960's Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, which quickly became a symbol of the Cold War. The images of the landing became the bearer of values and symbols of the United States and were widely spread through various media. In 1973 NASA abolished its moon program. The Moon had been conquered and the public seemed to have had lost interest. However, today people still find The Moon fascinating, and humanity continues to dream about setting foot on the sun's shadow.

Embark on another cosmic adventure and discover the striking artistry of NASA’s mission patches and logos. This beautifully illustrated book offers a visual tour of NASA’s heritage symbolism from the early Mercury missions of the 1960s to the rovers, orbital telescopes and brand-new lunar capsules of the 2020s.

The countdown is underway! NASA’s first Moon landing since 1972 is now on the near horizon and this follow-up to the popular Space: Posters & Paintings is the perfect way to prepare for take-off. Celebrating the achievements of the men and women who dared to venture into the beyond, Space: The Mission Patches uncovers the story of the space administration through the indelible artwork of their historic insignias. Perfect for space aficionados, design enthusiasts and kids old and young, this meeting of art and exploration is the definitive testament to the enduring legacy of NASA’s trailblazing journeys to the unknown.

AUTHOR:
For over 25 years, Bill Schwartz has been involved in the production, distribution, licensing and branding of high-profile entertainment content on a global basis. Along with licensing or acquiring thousands of hours of feature films, television series and documentaries, Bill has created and produced 20 broadcast documentaries, including Terror On The Titanic, Howard Hughes: The Real Aviator and Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler. Of all of Bill’s productions, his passion project was Journey to Mars, a documentary about NASA’s Viking Pathfinder, the first vehicle to explore the surface of Mars. The story, the trust and the investment required gave a true insight to the drama and courage of the people and technology at NASA.