NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Proceedings of a Conference on Results of the First U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight.

Washington DC. Washington DC: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961. 1st Edition. Softcover. Minor rubbing and scuffing to blue pictorial paper covers, bump to front cover affecting bottom corner with partial crease and nick; the first 18 pages have a moderate curl to the same corner. Tight and square, pages are clean and bright. Published by NASA, "in cooperation with National Institutes of Health and National Academy of Sciences. " This publication includes ten conference papers discussing aspects of Project Mercury and Alan Shepard's flight into space, the first American manned space flight. Authors include Robert Gilruth, Christopher Kraft, Donald Slayton and Alan Shepard, among others. Printed on coated paper and illustrated with photos, drawings, tables and figures, this publication is one of the first published NASA reports, predating the SP numbered report series to appear later. A seminal publication. This is the scarce first edition, published by NASA. It is NOT the later publication of a similar name published by the University of Michigan Library. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 76 pages. D0. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 23779

Catalogue: Mercury Missions

Keywords: Space Program Project Mercury Alan Shepard

Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA

Results of the Second U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight, July 21, 1961.

Washington DC. Washington DC: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very slight soil to white paper covers. Stapled booklet shows minor signs of having been taken apart, probably for photocopying an article, and then reassembled and restapled. All pages are present, binding is tight, pages are clean. Book has six articles, addressing the spacecraft and flight plan, the preflight and postflight medical examinations, physiological responses of the astronaut (Gus Grissom) in flight, the flight surgeon's report, inflight pilot performance studies, and Grissom's official report. Illustrated with photos, drawings, graphs and tables. Printed on coated paper. Uncommon. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 58 pages. D0. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 23773

Catalogue: Mercury Missions

Keywords: Project Mercury Space Program Astronauts

(NASA), Office of Legislative Affairs National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mercury Atlas Ma- 6.

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962. 1st Edition. Softcover. A few scuff marks to paper covers, faint partial creasing to top corner of pages, almost invisible. Printed on coated paper. This 26-page side-stapled booklet is essentially an announcement of the upcoming Mercury Atlas manned space flights. It summarizes the space program to date, the final flight being the successful two-orbit trip and return of the chimpanzee Enos. It then describes the upcoming Mercury missions and the astronauts who will undertake them. Illustrated with b/w photos. Scarce. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 26 pages. M1. Very Good.

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Book number: 25096

Catalogue: Mercury Missions

Keywords: Mercury Project Space Program