Liberty Bell 7 : the suborbital Mercury flight of Virgil I. Grissom / Colin Burgess.
2014
TL789.8.U6
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Title
Liberty Bell 7 : the suborbital Mercury flight of Virgil I. Grissom / Colin Burgess.
ISBN
9783319043913 electronic book
3319043919 electronic book
9783319043906
3319043919 electronic book
9783319043906
Published
Cham ; New York : Springer ; Praxis, [2014]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
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10.1007/978-3-319-04391-3 doi
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TL789.8.U6
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.45
Summary
NASA's Mercury astronauts were seven highly skilled professional test pilots. Each of them seemed to possess the strength of character and commitment necessary to overcome apparently insurmountable obstacles as the United States entered into a Cold War space race with the Soviet Union. This was never more evident than on the epic suborbital MR-4 flight of Liberty Bell 7 with astronaut Virgil ('Gus') Grissom piloting the spacecraft to a successful splashdown, followed by the premature blowing of the craft's explosive hatch. After a hurried exit and struggling to stay afloat, he could only watch helplessly as the recovery helicopter pilot valiantly fought a losing battle to save the sinking capsule. That day NASA not only lost a spacecraft but came perilously close to losing one of its Mercury astronauts, a decorated Korean fighter pilot from Indiana who might one day have soared to the highest goal of them all, as the first person to set foot on the Moon. For the first time, many of those closest to the flight of Liberty Bell 7 and astronaut Gus Grissom offer their stories and opinions on the dramatic events of July 21, 1961, and his later pioneering Gemini mission. They also tell of an often controversial life cut tragically and horrifically short in a launch pad fire that shocked the nation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Apr. 7, 2014).
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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Print version: 9783319043906
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Table of Contents
An astronaut named Gus
The MR-3 mission and spacecraft
Preparing for launch
The flight of Liberty Bell 7
An astronaut in peril
One program ends, another begins
From the depths of the ocean.
The MR-3 mission and spacecraft
Preparing for launch
The flight of Liberty Bell 7
An astronaut in peril
One program ends, another begins
From the depths of the ocean.