For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut [Jan 01, 2002...
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item note: 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. 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. Co-written with his daughter, Kris Stoever, For Spacious Skies tells a wonderful American family story filled with insider tales from the earliest days of NASA, pioneering science, training and biomedicine, and, for the first time ever, Carpenter's own account of his controversial flight and splashdown. 030516
ASIN: 0151004676
condition: New
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item note: 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. 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. Co-written with his daughter, Kris Stoever, For Spacious Skies tells a wonderful American family story filled with insider tales from the earliest days of NASA, pioneering science, training and biomedicine, and, for the first time ever, Carpenter's own account of his controversial flight and splashdown. 030516
ASIN: 0151004676
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