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For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut

For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut

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For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut

by Scott Carpenter; Kris Stoever

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0151004676
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9780151004676
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Harcourt, 2002-01-01. Hardcover. Used-Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by Scott Carpenter. First edition (stated) hardback with dust jacket. First printing. Signed by Scott Carpenter on title page. Dust jacket and book in fine condition,.

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Coming from a family of early Colorado pioneers, astronaut Scott Carpenter grew up with a vibrant frontier tradition of exploration. He went on to become one of seven Project Mercury astronauts to take part in America's burgeoning space program in the 1960s. Here he writes of the pioneering science, training, and biomedicine of early space flight and tells the heart-stopping tale of his famous spaceflight aboard Aurora 7 . Carpenter also shares a family story of tenderness and fortitude. Raised by his grandparents in Boulder, Colorado, while his mother lay sick for years with tuberculosis, Carpenter witnessed bravery, love, sacrifice, and endurance that prepared him for life as a Navy pilot during two wars, service to country as a Mercury astronaut, and finally as a pioneering underwater explorer. Written with his daughter, Kris Stoever, For Spacious Skies tells a wonderful American family story filled with never-before-told insider tales from the earliest days of NASA and, for the first time ever, Carpenter's own account of his controversial flight and splashdown.

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Title
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
Author
Scott Carpenter; Kris Stoever
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used-Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
0151004676
ISBN 13
9780151004676
Publisher
Harcourt
Place of Publication
Orlando
Date Published
2002-01-01

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