Selecting the Mercury Seven The Search for America's First Astronauts /
In January 1959, after an exhaustive search through military service records, a number of Americas elite test pilots received orders to attend a series of top-secret briefings in Washington, D.C. These briefings were designed to assist in selecting a group of astronauts for the newly formed National...
| Main Author: | Burgess, Colin (Author) |
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| Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Series: | Springer Praxis Books
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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