Aurora 7 The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter
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 t
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AURORA 7 The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter Colin Burgess
Aurora 7 The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter
Other Springer-Praxis books of related interest by Colin Burgess NASA’s Scientist-Astronauts with David J. Shayler 2006 ISBN 978-0-387-21897-7 Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle with Chris Dubbs 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-36053-9 The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacies and Historical Impact with Rex Hall, M.B.E. 2009 ISBN 978-0-387-84823-5 Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America’s First Astronauts 2011 ISBN 978-1-4419-8404-3 Moon Bound: Choosing and Preparing NASA’s Lunar Astronauts 2013 ISBN 978-1-4614-3854-0 Freedom 7: The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr. 2014 ISBN 978-3-319-01155-4 Liberty Bell 7: The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom 2014 ISBN 978-3-319-04390-6 Friendship 7: The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr. 2015 ISBN 978-3-319-15653-8
Colin Burgess
Aurora 7 The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter
Colin Burgess Bangor, NSW, Australia
SPRINGER-PRAXIS BOOKS IN SPACE EXPLORATION
Springer Praxis Books ISBN 978-3-319-20438-3 ISBN 978-3-319-20439-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20439-0
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