Colin Burgess 
Selecting the Mercury Seven [PDF ebook] 
The Search for America’s First Astronauts

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The names of the seven Mercury astronauts were announced in April 1959 amid a flurry of publicity and patriotism. This work provides biographical details of all thirty-two finalists for the seven coveted places as America’s pioneering astronauts. All of the candidates were among the nation’s elite pilots involved in testing new supersonic aircraft capabilities. Most had served as wartime fighter and bomber pilots; some were test pilots on top secret and sophisticated aviation proj...

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Foreword.- Author’s Preface.- About the author.- Acknowledgements.- Illustrations.- Chapter 1: Sailing in and out of war.- Chapter 2: The call goes out.- Chapter 3: Nar...

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Colin Burgess’ first book (‘The Diggers of Colditz’) was published in 1985. Since that time he has had twenty-three non-fiction books published in Australia and overseas, ...

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язык английский ● Формат PDF ● страницы 371 ● ISBN 9781441984050 ● Размер файла 468.6 MB ● Возраст 02-99 лет ● издатель Springer New York ● город NY ● Страна US ● опубликованный 2011 ● Загружаемые 24 месяцы ● валюта EUR ● Код товара 4669506 ● Защита от копирования Социальный DRM

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