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Book synopsis

Project Mercury will offer a developmental resume 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.

Book details

Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Natural history Popular astronomy & space

• Full title: Project Mercury
• Subtitle: NASA's First Manned Space Programme
• Author: John E. Catchpole
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 486
• EAN: 9781852334062
• ISBN: 1852334061
• ID: 05260517
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Weight: 1165 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 166 × 43 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. August 2001

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