Photographs of space have always fascinated and excited us, and never more so than now. Technology such as the Hubble Space Telescope reveals to us strange and beautiful images of unimaginably distant regions of the universe, and orbiting satellites reveal views of our own planet that simply astound.

SPACECAM is on unprecedented collection of images captured from beyond the confines of Earth. Looking out into space, it includes photographs of the Apollo missions and the first moon landings, pictures sent back from probes visiting other planets in the solar system, and kaleidoscopic images of deep space reaching almost to the beginning of time.

Turning back to our own planet, astronauts with traditional cameras and sophisticated imaging equipment mounted on orbiting satellites have captured spectacular views of the shape and form of Earth, its weather patterns, evidence of climate change and dramatic incidents such as erupting volcanoes, forest fires and the 2004 Asian tsunami.

From the ground-breaking photographs of the first men on the moon to the high-tech images captured by orbiting satellites and space telescopes, SPACECAM is a unique and compelling photographic collection.

TERRY HOPE is an award-winning journalist and author. He studied photography at Harrow College, London, and began his career writing for Camera Weekly and Amateur Photographer. He has since written for numerous photographic magazines and is also a regular contributor on a variety of subjects to The Times, the Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian. He is the author of a number of books on photography and is currently the Editor of Professional Photographer magazine.

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was created in 1958 'to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes'. NASA's mission is to understand and protect our home planet, to explore the universe and search for life, and to inspire the next generation of explorers.