Americans into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury

Description

This is the story of the Project Mercury. This book contains pictures from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All the pictures are in Black and White. The chapters in this book 1. Project Mercury Sends a Man into Space 2. Why do we explore Space? 3. Space Exploration Begins 4. Project Mercury 5. The Equipment for Exploring Space 6. Choosing the Mercury Astronaut. 7. The Mercury Astronauts 8. The Mercury Astronauts Get Ready to Explore Space. 9. Test Shots for Project Mercury 10. Other United States Space Projects. 11. The Soviet Union's Space Program. 12. Countdown 13. Three Times around the Earth 14. After Project Mercury. Selected List of Satellites and Probes, Glossary, Index