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Published by Golden Press / LIFE
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55.
Published by Golden Press / LIFE, 1961
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good.
Published by Golden Press, 1961
Seller: Suibhne's Rare and Collectible Books, Newbury, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Golden Press New York, 1961., 1961. hardback, photo prnted covers, photographic endpapers; lamination is peeling, corners head and heel of spne are worn, contents clean and unmarked;
Published by Golden Press, New York, 1961
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. Condition: Good. 95, [3] pages plus covers. Wraps. Profusely illustrated (some in color). Maps. Figures. Covers somewhat soiled and some edge wear, sticker scuff on front cover. The cover states: "The Only First-Hand Story of America's Man-in-Space Project." This is by the seven astronauts of Project Mercury with Loudon Wainwright a staff writer for Life Magazine. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from Roman mythology, cost $1.8 billion adjusted for inflation. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot. Special Edition. Pre-flight printing [stated].