Colin Burgess

    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 projects, while others were fleet admirals, prisoners of war, and proposed pilots for spaceflight programs such as the


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    Titel :

    Selecting the Mercury Seven : The Search for America's First Astronauts


    Beteiligte:
    Burgess, Colin (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011


    Format / Umfang :

    Online-Ressource (XXV, 371 p. 167 illus, digital)


    Anmerkungen:

    Campusweiter Zugriff (Universität Hannover). - Vervielfältigungen (z.B. Kopien, Downloads) sind nur von einzelnen Kapiteln oder Seiten und nur zum eigenen wissenschaftlichen Gebrauch erlaubt. Keine Weitergabe an Dritte. Kein systematisches Downloaden durch Robots.
    "Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK
    Includes bibliographical references and index




    Medientyp :

    Buch


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    520 / 629.4507 / 500.5
    RVK:    ZO 8050