Faith 7: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission

by Colin Burgess

This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone. He flew in the Mercury and Gemini programs and served as head of flight crew operations in both the Apollo and Skylab programs.

Based on extensive research and first-person...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331930562X
• ISBN13: 9783319305622
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"