Faith 7[electronic resource] :L. Gor...
Burgess, Colin.

 

  • Faith 7[electronic resource] :L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the final Mercury Mission /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 629.450092
    書名/作者: Faith 7 : L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the final Mercury Mission // by Colin Burgess.
    作者: Burgess, Colin.
    出版者: Cham : : Springer International Publishing :, 2016.
    面頁冊數: xviii, 291 p. : : ill. (some col.), digital ;; 24 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: Popular Science in Astronomy.
    標題: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
    標題: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
    標題: History of Science.
    標題: Astronauts - Biography - United States
    標題: Space flights.
    標題: Popular Science.
    ISBN: 9783319305639
    ISBN: 9783319305622
    內容註: Foreword by Alfred Worden (CMP Apollo 15) -- Acknowledgements -- Author Prologue -- Chapter 1: An astronaut from Oklahoma -- Chapter 2: The final Mercury mission -- Chapter 3: One reckless act -- Chapter 4: A day in space with Faith 7 -- Chapter 5: "A victory for the human spirit" -- Chapter 6: The end of the Mercury era -- Chapter 7: From Gemini to Apollo -- Chapter 8: "The greatest pilot you ever saw" -- Appendices -- Index.
    摘要、提要註: 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.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30563-9
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