Faith 7

Faith 7

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Burgess, Colin
Springer, Berlin
EAN: 9783319305622
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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. 

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. It completes the "Pioneers in Early Spaceflight" subseries in fitting fashion.

EAN 9783319305622
ISBN 331930562X
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Springer, Berlin
Publication date July 27, 2016
Pages 291
Language English
Dimensions 240 x 168
Country Switzerland
Authors Burgess, Colin
Illustrations 88 Illustrations, color; 156 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 291 p. 244 illus., 88 illus. in color.
Edition 1st ed. 2016
Series Space Exploration