Overview
- New entry in the Pioneers in Early Spaceflight series, following Freedom 7-The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr
- First book totally devoted to the subject of the second manned U. S. spaceflight, Liberty Bell 7, flown by NASA's Grissom
- Includes accounts from those intimately involved in the space mission as well as including 120 photographs pertaining to the flight
- Examines the Mercury program and Grissom's flight in the context of the space race with the former USS
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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“Burgess covers the Mercury spacecraft, astronaut Grissom’s background, the details of the flight, and Grissom’s future endeavors in the Gemini program, as well as his tragic death in the Apollo 1 fire. … The book contains many interesting photographs and appendixes, including the pilot’s report as well as a second-by-second time line of the flight. This well-written book would be a welcome addition to the collections of spaceflight enthusiasts. … Summing Up: Recommended. Academic and general space history collections.” (J. Z. Kiss, Choice, Vol. 52 (2), October, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
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Book Title: Liberty Bell 7
Book Subtitle: The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom
Authors: Colin Burgess
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04391-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04390-6Published: 19 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04391-3Published: 19 March 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 275
Number of Illustrations: 191 b/w illustrations
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Popular Science in Astronomy, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), History of Science