Faith 7 L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission /

This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone. He flew in the Mercury and Ge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burgess, Colin (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Praxis, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Space Exploration,
Temas:
Astronomy.
Solar system.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Science-History.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Space Physics.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
History of Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword by Alfred Worden (CMP Apollo 15)
  • Acknowledgements
  • Author Prologue
  • Chapter 1: An astronaut from Oklahoma
  • Chapter 2: The final Mercury mission
  • Chapter 3: One reckless act
  • Chapter 4: A day in space with Faith 7
  • Chapter 5: "A victory for the human spirit"
  • Chapter 6: The end of the Mercury era
  • Chapter 7: From Gemini to Apollo
  • Chapter 8: "The greatest pilot you ever saw"
  • Appendices
  • Index.

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