Project Mercury: Nasa's First Manned Space Programme

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer
Published: 07/26/2001
ISBN: 9781852334062
Pages: 486
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.50w x 1.38d

Review Citations: Choice 04/01/2002 pg. 1443