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Ashby, Ruth

 
9781561453238: Rocket Man: The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn
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ISBN 10: 1561453234 ISBN 13: 9781561453238
Casa editrice: Peachtree Pub Co Inc, 2004

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On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth.
Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of manned space flight. His historic flight followed years of intensive physical training and a devotion to a career in the exciting but risk-filled world of aviation.
Ruth Ashby’s dramatic story of John Glenn’s near-disastrous mission in Friendship 7 also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio childhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in the prestigious and dangerous Mercury 7 program. The book concludes with Glenn’s successful career as a U.S. senator and his triumphant return to space in 1998 at the age of 77.

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Editore
Peachtree Pub Co Inc
Data di pubblicazione
2004
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1561453234
ISBN 13 
9781561453238
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Disegnatore
Hunt Robert
Numero di pagine
105
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