This unique book presents a historical and philatelic survey of Earth exploration from space.
It covers all areas of research in which artificial satellites have contributed in designing a
new image of our planet and its environment: the atmosphere and ionosphere the magnetic field
radiation belts and the magnetosphere weather remote sensing mapping of the surface
observation of the oceans and marine environments geodesy and the study of life and
ecological systems. Stamping the Earth from Space presents the results obtained with the
thousands of satellites launched by the two former superpowers the Soviet Union and the United
States and also those of the many missions carried out by the ESA individual European
countries Japan China India and the many emerging space nations. Beautifully illustrated
it contains almost 1100 color reproductions of philatelic items. In addition to topical stamps
and thematic postal documents the book provides an extensive review of astrophilatelic items.
The most important space missions are documented through event covers and cards canceled at
launch sites tracking stations research laboratories and mission control facilities.
