Faith 7 [electronic resource] : L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the final Mercury mission / Colin Burgess.
2016
TL789.85.C66
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Title
Faith 7 [electronic resource] : L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the final Mercury mission / Colin Burgess.
Author
Burgess, Colin, author.
ISBN
9783319305639 (electronic book)
3319305638 (electronic book)
9783319305622
3319305638 (electronic book)
9783319305622
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviiiI, 291 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-30563-9 doi
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TL789.85.C66
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.450092
Summary
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.
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 20, 2016).
Series
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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