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Rocket Man Earl Perkins
Rocket Man
Earl Perkins
"We set sail on this new sea . . ."
On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduced America's first astronauts to the press--Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton. The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully selected from a final group of thirty-two candidates.
But the real truth of NASA's search for America's best pilots is not found in the thirty-two finalists that eventually produced Project Mercury's heroic list of space pioneers. The Original Seven Mercury astronauts chosen to lead America's charge into a new frontier were certainly worthy. They were America's best and brightest.
But perhaps the very best never got the chance and served his country in obscurity.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 6, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781543453782 |
| Publishers | Xlibris |
| Pages | 258 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 15 mm · 381 g |
| Language | English |
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