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Friendship 7 : The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr.
by Colin Burgess 2020-05-28 10:42:05
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IN THIS SPELLBINDING account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the v... Read more

IN THIS SPELLBINDING account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the very dawn of human space exploration.

A nation proudly and collectively came to a standstill on the day this mission flew; a day that will be forever enshrined in American spaceflight history. On the morning of February 20, 1962, following months of frustrating delays, a Marine Corps war hero and test pilot named John Glenn finally blazed a path into orbit aboard a compact capsule namedFriendship 7.

The book''s tension-filled narrative faithfully unfolds through contemporary reports and the personal recollections of astronaut John Glenn, along with those closest to theFriendship 7story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America''s most ambitious and memorable pioneering

space missions.

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  • 9.61x6.69x0.63inches
  • 275
  • Springer
  • April 1, 2015
  • English
  • 9783319156538
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Colin Burgess
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Colin Burgess's first book, “The Diggers of Colditz” was published simultaneously in the U.K. and Australia in 1985. He has written a number of books on the subject for the University of Nebraska ...
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