Freedom 7: The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

by Colin Burgess

Inevitably, there are times in a nation's history when its hopes, fears and conFidence in its own destiny appear to hinge on the fate of a single person. One of these pivotal moments occurred on the early morning of May 5, 1961, when a 37-year-old test pilot squeezed himself into the conFines of the tiny Mercury spacecraft that he had named Freedom 7 . On that historic day, U.S. Navy Commander Alan Shepard carried with him the hopes, prayers, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319011553
• ISBN13: 9783319011554
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"