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Paperback Project Mercury Familiarization Manual Manned Satellite Capsule Book

ISBN: 1935700685

ISBN13: 9781935700685

Project Mercury Familiarization Manual Manned Satellite Capsule

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On October 4, 1957 at 10:28 Moscow time, a rocket carrying the world's first orbiting satellite roared into space, signaling a new era in human history and the beginning of the so-called "space race" - an epic rivalry pitting the technological know-how of the Soviet Union against that of the United States. Despite some highly publicized failures, the USA managed to answer the Russians with the successful launch of Explorer 1 in January of 1958. The...

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