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Americans Into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury

By Gene Gurney

Book information

Publisher
Random House
Year
1965
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22587349 bytes)
Series
U.S. Landmark Books
Volume
101
Pages
194\207
Time added
2022-06-12 01:18:58
NASA Project Mercury

Description

Good read about the Mercury program, written shortly after its completion. Supplemented by great photos from the time and published before other spaceflight operations, it is a great read for anyone interested in space exploration in any capacity. 01 Project Mercury Sends a Man Into Space 02 Why Do We Explore Space 03 Space Exploration Begins 04 Project Mercury 05 The Equipment for Exploring Space 06 Choosing The Mercury Astronaut 07 The Mercury Astronauts 08 The Mercury Astronauts Get Ready to Explore Space 09 Test Shots for Project Mercury 10 Other United States Space Projects 11 The Soviet Union's Space Program 12 Countdown 13 Three Times Around the Earth 14 After Project Mercury Selected List of Satellites and Probes Glossary Index

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