Friendship 7 The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr. /

In this spellbinding account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the very dawn of human space exploration.   A nation pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burgess, Colin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Space Exploration,
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Solar system.
Science-History.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Space Physics.
History of Science.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Developing the Mercury-Atlas program
  • The orbital flight of chimpanzee Enos
  • A Marine on a mission
  • Delays, and more delays
  • "Godspeed, John Glenn."
  • A drama-filled mission
  • A safe splashdown
  • Epilogue: Beyond the Mercury program.

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