Results of the Second U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight, July 21, 1961
Author | : Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.). |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Space flight |
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Author | : Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.). |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Space flight |
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Author | : Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) |
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Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Project Mercury |
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Author | : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Manned Spacecraft Center |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1961 |
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Author | : Manned Spacecraft Center (U.S.) |
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Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Astronauts |
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"This document presents the results of the second United States manned orbital space flight conducted on May 24, 1962. The performance discussions of the spacecraft and launch systems, the modified Mercury Network, mission support personnel, and the astronaut, together with analyses of observed space phenomena and the medical aspects of the mission, form a continuation of the information previously published for the first United States manned orbital flight, conducted on February 20, 1962, and the two manned sub-orbital space flights."--P. iii.
Author | : Colin Burgess |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2014-03-19 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3319043919 |
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.
Author | : George Leopold |
Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2016-06-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1612494595 |
Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs. Killed along with his crew in a launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, Grissom also lost his chance to walk on the moon and return to describe his journey. Others went in his place. The stories of the moon walkers are familiar. Less appreciated are Grissom's contributions. The international prestige of winning the Moon Race cannot be understated, and Grissom played a pivotal and enduring role in securing that legacy for the United States. Indeed, Grissom was first and foremost a Cold Warrior, a member of the first group of Mercury astronauts whose goal it was to beat the Soviet Union into space and eventually to the moon. Drawing on extensive interviews with fellow astronauts, NASA engineers, family members, and friends of Gus Grissom, George Leopold delivers a comprehensive and corrective account of Grissom's life that places his career in the context of the Cold War and the history of human spaceflight. Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom adds significantly to our understanding of that tumultuous and ultimately triumphant period in American history.