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We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves Paperback - 2010

by Scott M. Carpenter; Gordon L. Cooper; John H. Glenn

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Told in their own words, this book offers the heroic story of the Mercury Seven, the pioneer astronauts who risked their lives for America's first manned space voyages.

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âÈò Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the Mercury program: Project Mercury ran from 1959 through 1963, put the first American in space, and defined NASAâÈçs manned space flights to come, from Gemini through Apollo. In We Seven, first published in 1962, the astronauts take readers behind the scenes of this pioneering programâÈ'even into the space capsules themselves.

âÈò Fascinating firsthand accounts: The astronauts describe the exhilarating launches, hair-raising challenges, and incredible successes of Project MercuryâÈ'from breaking through the earthâÈçs atmosphere to panicking when a hatch blows. But Project Mercury was more than the heroism of individual missions. In We Seven, AmericaâÈçs original astronauts share with usâÈ'as only they canâÈ'the hopes and dreams of the U.S. at the dawn of a new era.

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The heroic story of the Mercury Seven, the pioneer astronauts who risked their lives for America's first manned space voyages.

Project Mercury ran from 1959 through 1963, put the first American in space, and defined NASA's manned space flights to come, from Gemini through Apollo. In We Seven, first published in 1962, the astronauts including Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton--take you behind the scenes of this pioneering program--even into the space capsules themselves.

Featuring fascinating firsthand accounts and black-and-white photographs throughout--the astronauts describe the exhilarating launches, hair-raising challenges, and incredible successes of Project Mercury--from breaking through the earth's atmosphere to panicking when a hatch blows. But Project Mercury was more than the heroism of individual missions. In We Seven, America's original astronauts share with us--as only they can--the hopes and dreams of the US at the dawn of a new era.

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  • Title We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves
  • Author Scott M. Carpenter; Gordon L. Cooper; John H. Glenn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition- Ren
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, NY
  • Publication date 2010-01-12
  • Features Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781439181034 / 1439181039
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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"Cut of the same stone as Columbus, Magellan, Daniel Boone, Orville and Wilbur Wright...the seven astronauts of Project Mercury were winnowed out by the most searching tests man could devise and machine could execute." -- Time

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As part of the Mercury Seven, M. Scott Carpenter became one of America's first astronauts.

As part of the Mercury Seven, Gordon L. Cooper became one of America's first astronauts.

As part of the Mercury Seven, John H. Glenn became one of America's first astronauts.

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