عنوان

Faith 7 :

(Number (ISBN

331930562X

(Number (ISBN

3319305638

(Number (ISBN

9783319305622

(Number (ISBN

9783319305639

Erroneous ISBN

9783319305622

Number

b433248

Title Proper

Faith 7 :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the final Mercury mission /

First Statement of Responsibility

Colin Burgess

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xviiiI, 291 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color).

Series Title

Springer-Praxis books in space exploration

Text of Note

Includes index

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Foreword by Alfred Worden (CMP Apollo 15) -- Acknowledgements -- Author Prologue -- Chapter 1: An astronaut from Oklahoma -- Chapter 2: The final Mercury mission -- Chapter 3: One reckless act -- Chapter 4: A day in space with Faith 7 -- Chapter 5: "A victory for the human spirit" -- Chapter 6: The end of the Mercury era -- Chapter 7: From Gemini to Apollo -- Chapter 8: "The greatest pilot you ever saw" -- Appendices -- Index

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Text of Note

This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone. He flew in the Mercury and Gemini programs and served as head of flight crew operations in both the Apollo and Skylab programs. His final Mercury mission closed out a pivotal chapter in American spaceflight. Based on extensive research and first-person interviews, this is a complete history of the Faith 7 flight and its astronaut. Cooper later gained notoriety following the release of the movie, The Right Stuff, in which he was depicted by Dennis Quaid, but Burgess discovers there was even more drama to his story. This recounting of the final Mercury 7 flight completes Burgess's investigation of the early spaceflight program in thrilling fashion

International Standard Book Number

9783319305622

Astronauts-- United States, Biography.

Space flights.

BIO-- 000000

JNF051040

SCI004000

TEC-- 009000

WNX

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Edition

Class number

Burgess, Colin

Ohio Library and Information Network.

Date of Transaction

20180522094840.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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