Project Mercury: Nasa’s First Manned Space Programme – Hardcover-Quality Guarantee

Description

by
John Catchpole (Author)

A developmental history of the first American manned spaceflight programme and its associated infrastructure, including accounts of space launch vehicles. The book highlights the differences in Redstone/Atlas technology, drawing similar comparisons between ballistic capsules and alternative types of spacecraft. The book also covers astronaut selection and training, as well as tracking systems, flight control, basic principles of spaceflight and detailed accounts of individual flights.

Number of Pages: 486Dimensions: 1.38 x 9.53 x 6.5 INIllustrated: YesPublication Date: July 26, 2001