Aurora 7 The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter /

• Main Author: Burgess, Colin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

TO A NATION enthralled by the heroic exploits of the Mercury astronauts, the launch of Lt. Cmdr. Scott Carpenter on NASA’s second orbital space flight was a renewed cause for pride, jubilation and celebration. Within hours, that excitement had given way to stunned disbelief and anxiety as shaken bro...

Table of Contents:

• A replacement astronaut
• From Colorado to the Cape
• Training for MA-7
• Aurora 7 in orbit
• A highly troubled mission
• Walter Cronkite: “We may have lost an astronaut”
• Post-flight repercussions
• Epilogue: From astronaut to aquanaut.