Freedom 7: the historic flight of alan b. shepard, jr.
Auteur :
Burgess, Colin
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783319011554
Date de publication :
9 oct. 2013
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book details the almost forgotten story of the first manned U. S. spaceflight, Freedom 7, flown by Cdr. Alan Shepard, Jr., for NASA. It examines the Mercury program and Shepard's flight in the context of the space race with the former USSR.