We Seven By the Astronauts Themselves
We Seven By the Astronauts Themselves by Scott M. Carpenter, published by Simon & Schuster on January 12, 2010, is an illustrated edition that spans 352 pages. This book presents the heroic story of the Mercury Seven, the pioneering astronauts who undertook America’s first manned space voyages. Originally published in 1962, it offers a behind-the-scenes look at Project Mercury, which ran from 1959 to 1963 and marked a significant milestone in NASA’s history.
Readers will find firsthand accounts from the astronauts, including Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn, detailing their exhilarating experiences during the program. The narrative covers the challenges and successes they faced, from the thrilling launches to the unexpected crises encountered in space capsules. With a focus on the collective hopes and dreams of the United States during this transformative period, the book also includes black-and-white photographs that enhance the storytelling, providing a visual context to the remarkable achievements of space science and technology in the 20th century.
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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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