John Young
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles American spaceflight with new interviews and restored archive footage.
Ordinary supermen: NASA selects seven men to become the country's first astronauts, ushering in a bold new space age. They are all test pilots who understand the enormous risks, but no one has attempted a vertical launch on top of a rocket. NASA and the Mercury Seven embark on a bold journey into the unknown. With the unproven rocket technology NASA is employing, the...