Project Mercury -- The Mercury 7 -- The Mercury spacraft -- Animals in space -- Yuri Gagarin -- Freedom 7 -- Kennedy's challenge -- Liberty Bell 7 -- Friendship 7 -- Mercury spacesuits -- Aurora 7 -- Human computers -- Sigma 7 -- Faith 7 -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Online resources -- Index.
Summary:
This title will explore the beginnings of the Space Race, including the development and launch by the Soviet Union of Sputnik, the world's first satellite. America's response was Project Mercury, run by the newly formed NASA.
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