Author: SHEPARD, ALAN & DEKE SLAYTON (WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEIL ARMSTRONG)
Title: Moon Shot the Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
Description: Kansas City, MO: Turner Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1878685546. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second man and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II. He became a naval aviator in 1946, and a test pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961 he made the first crewed Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7. His craft entered space, but was not capable of achieving orbit. He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space, and the first space traveler to manually control the orientation of his craft. In the final stages of Project Mercury, Shepard was scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 10 (MA-10) , which was planned as a three-day mission. He named Mercury Spacecraft 15B Freedom 7 II in honor of his first spacecraft, but the mission was canceled. "(from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 1878685546 Aeronautics / Astronautics Alan Shepard Deke Slayton Neil Armstrong Project Gemini Project Mercury
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Title: Moon Shot the Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
Description: Kansas City, MO: Turner Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1878685546. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second man and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II. He became a naval aviator in 1946, and a test pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959, and in May 1961 he made the first crewed Project Mercury flight, Mercury-Redstone 3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7. His craft entered space, but was not capable of achieving orbit. He became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space, and the first space traveler to manually control the orientation of his craft. In the final stages of Project Mercury, Shepard was scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 10 (MA-10) , which was planned as a three-day mission. He named Mercury Spacecraft 15B Freedom 7 II in honor of his first spacecraft, but the mission was canceled. "(from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 1878685546 Aeronautics / Astronautics Alan Shepard Deke Slayton Neil Armstrong Project Gemini Project Mercury
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 41790
- Book number: 41790
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