Overview
- Contains authorized biographical sketches of all 32 pioneering astronaut candidates, even ones that didn't fly on the Mercury mission, the first U.S. manned space program
- Authoritative, well researched, highly readable, and copiously illustrated, with many photographs of the first astronaut candidates published for the first time
- Examines the goals and achievements of the Mercury team
- Commemorates the 50th anniversary (in 2011) of the first manned U.S. space flight, with a Mercury astronaut onboard, in 1961
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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“The author chronicles the testing/selection process of the candidates and includes brief biographies of the finalists. … The book presents more extensive biographies of the entire careers of the Mercury Seven astronauts along with photographs of historical importance. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate students and general readers.” (J. Z. Kiss, Choice, Vol. 49 (6), February, 2012)Authors and Affiliations
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Book Title: Selecting the Mercury Seven
Book Subtitle: The Search for America's First Astronauts
Authors: Colin Burgess
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8405-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-8404-3Published: 17 August 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8405-0Published: 17 August 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 371
Number of Illustrations: 167 b/w illustrations
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Popular Science, general, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics