Friendship 7
The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr.
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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 proudly and collectively came to a standstill on the day this mission flew; a day that will be forever enshrined in American spaceflight history. On the morning of February 20, 1962, following months of frustrating delays, a Marine Corps war hero and test pilot named John Glenn finally blazed a path into orbit aboard a compact capsule named Friendship 7.
The book's tension-filled narrative faithfully unfolds through contemporary reports and the personal recollections of astronaut John Glenn, along with those closest to the Friendship 7 story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America's most ambitious and memorable pioneering space missions.
Friendship 7.
The book's tension-filled narrative faithfully unfolds through contemporary reports and the personal recollections of astronaut John Glenn, along with those closest to the Friendship 7 story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America's most ambitious and memorable pioneering space missions.Friendship 7 story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America's most ambitious and memorable pioneering space missions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Friendship 7 “
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.
Autoren-Porträt von Colin Burgess
Colin Burgess's first book, "The Diggers of Colditz" was published simultaneously in the U.K. and Australia in 1985. His next few books were on the Australian prisoner-of-war experience and then he turned his efforts to writing about his principal interest: human space exploration. Burgess has written a number of books on the subject for the University of Nebraska Press and Springer-Praxis. The books he has written or co-authored for Springer-Praxis are "NASA's Scientist-Astronauts," "Animals in Space," "The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team," and "Selecting the Mercury Seven." Recently finished the copyediting/typesetting process is his latest book for Springer-Praxis, "Moon Bound: Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts." In the interim he has also worked as series editor and sometimes author for the Outward Odyssey set of 12 books on the social history of space exploration for the University of Nebraska Press. "Friendship 7" continues the Pioneers of Early Spaceflight series, which also includes "Liberty Bell 7" and "Freedom 7".
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Colin Burgess
- 2015, XXI, 275 Seiten, 37 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 16,8 x 24 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319156535
- ISBN-13: 9783319156538
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.04.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"This book is about his first flight during the Mercury program aboard the spaceship Friendship 7. .... covers the beginning of the spaceflight era in the late 1950s to Glenn's flight in 1962. ... The book also includes many fascinating photographs about the NASA programs and Glenn's flight. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All space exploration library collections." (J. Z. Kiss, Choice, Vol. 53 (9), May, 2016)
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