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9780786254347

For Spacious Skies : The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut

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  • ISBN13:

    9780786254347

  • ISBN10:

    0786254343

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-06-01
  • Publisher: Five Star
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Summary

During the early years of the space program, each mission helped determine NASA's research progress, the efficiency of its design, and its place in the race to the moon; when Aurora 7 began to malfunction, everyone at hand frantically tried to detect the cause. What was ultimately found to be a glitch in Aurora 7's pitch horizon scanner forced the astronaut to overshoot his expected landing site by 250 miles and later brought the decisions made during his flight under intense scrutiny. Scott Carpenter, with his daughter, Kris Stoever, clears up all lingering questions about his flight while telling the history of an amazing frontier family and the strength of the American pioneer spirit. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Prologue 9(12)
PART ONE: EARTH
Buddy
21(24)
A Frozen Sea
45(27)
The Unpleasantness
72(23)
Pocketknives, Pens, and Other Edge Tools
95(42)
PART TWO: SKY
I Am Now a Naval Aviation Cadet
137(41)
A Navy Wife?
178(31)
Love, War, and Quonset Huts
209(44)
PART THREE: STARS
For Spacious Skies
253(57)
You Are Hereby Ordered
310(81)
One Hundred Chimps
391(39)
The Fibrillating Heart
430(41)
Delta Becomes Aurora
471(73)
Commander Carpenter and His Flying Machine!
544(39)
The Color of Fire
583(63)
Epilogue 646(5)
Notes 651(66)
Acknowledgments 717

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