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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Burgess, Colin (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Σειρά:Springer Praxis Books
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505 0 |a 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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