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Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. The format is approximately 6.25 by 9.25 inches. This is one of the America in Space series (second). 144 pages. Illustrated cover. Illustrated endpaper. Illustrations (some in color). Tabular Data. Chronology. No dust jacket present. Reichl studied business administration and graduated with a diploma. He worked for Airbus, where he was responsible for the marketing of rocket engines. He initially wrote books and articles on the subject of space travel alongside his work. He eventually became a freelance author. In addition to his writing and journalistic work, Reichl gives popular science lectures on space travel and contributes to the blogs SciLogs and Der Orion. Project Mercury was America's entry into the manned spaceflight program. When the program began in 1958, the Soviet Union was far ahead of the US in the race for supremacy in space. With immense effort, and in record time, NASA, the newly created spaceflight organization, developed a space transport system with orbital capsule and booster rockets. They used it to send Alan Shepard on a first suborbital "jump" into space in May 1961, and in February 1962 to make John Glenn the first American astronaut to orbit the earth. Nevertheless, the Americans were beaten by the Soviets in the race to put the first man into space. Project Mercury was, however, the foundation for NASA's later success in the race to the moon. All Project Mercury missions are discussed, including details on all craft and the astronauts involved. Superb color, archival images, cutaways and plans are also included. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the U.S. Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted 20 uncrewed developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from Roman mythology, cost $2.76 billion (adjusted for inflation). The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot. The Space Race began with the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1. This came as a shock to the American public, and led to the creation of NASA to expedite existing U.S. space exploration efforts, and place most of them under civilian control. After the successful launch of the Explorer 1 satellite in 1958, crewed spaceflight became the next goal. The Soviet Union put the first human, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, into a single orbit aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. Shortly after this, on May 5, the US launched its first astronaut, Alan Shepard, on a suborbital flight. Soviet Gherman Titov followed with a day-long orbital flight in August 1961. The US reached its orbital goal on February 20, 1962, when John Glenn made three orbits around the Earth. When Mercury ended in May 1963, both nations had sent six people into space, but the Soviets led the US in total time spent in space. The Mercury space capsule was produced by McDonnell Aircraft, and carried supplies of water, food and oxygen for about one day in a pressurized cabin. Mercury flights were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on launch vehicles modified from the Redstone and Atlas D missiles. The capsule was fitted with a launch escape rocket to carry it safely away from the launch vehicle in case of a failure. The flight was designed to be controlled from the ground via the Manned Space Flight Network, a system of tracking and communications stations; back-up controls were outfitted on board. Small retrorockets were used to bring the spacecraft out of its orbit, after which an ablative heat shield protected it from the heat of atmospheric reentry. Finally, a parachute slowed the craft for a water landing. Both astronaut and capsule were recovered by helicopters deployed from a US Navy ship. The Mercury project gained popularity, and its missions were followed by millions on radio and TV around the world. Its success laid the groundwork for Project Gemini, which carried two astronauts in each capsule and perfected space docking maneuvers essential for crewed lunar landings in the subsequent Apollo program announced a few weeks after the first crewed Mercury flight. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing [Originally published in Germany in 2013].…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. The format is approximately 6.25 by 9.25 inches. This is one of the America in Space series (third). 144 pages. Illustrated cover. Illustrated endpaper. Illustrations (some in color). Tabular Data. Chronology. No dust jacket present. Reichl studied business administration and graduated with a diploma. He worked for Airbus, where he was responsible for the marketing of rocket engines. He initially wrote books and articles on the subject of space travel alongside his work. He eventually became a freelance author. In addition to his writing and journalistic work, Reichl gives popular science lectures on space travel and contributes to the blogs SciLogs and Der Orion. The moon landing remains the most astonishing and impressive accomplishment of manned space travel to this day. In July 1969, just eight years after President John F. Kennedy announced the bold plan, the first astronaut set foot on another celestial body. While Project Apollo: The Early Years covered the exciting developments from the first project drawings to the unmanned first flight of the mighty Saturn V, this book covers the later years of the Apollo era, in all its fascinating detail, including the test flights in Earth's orbit; the first orbits of the moon; the legendary Apollo 11 mission; the drama of Apollo 13; and Apollo 17, the last manned moon flight in 1972. Experience this era through exciting accounts, radio transcripts, and impressive photographs and diagrams. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing [Originally published in Germany in 2014].…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. The format is approximately 6.25 by 9.25 inches. This is one of the America in Space series (fifth). 143, [1] pages. Illustrated cover. Illustrated endoaper. Illustrations (some in color). Specifications, Dimensions, Diagrams. Tabular Data. No dust jacket present. Reichl studied business administration and graduated with a diploma. He worked for Airbus, where he was responsible for the marketing of rocket engines. He initially wrote books and articles on the subject of space travel alongside his work. He eventually became a freelance author. In addition to his writing and journalistic work, Reichl gives popular science lectures on space travel and contributes to the blogs SciLogs and Der Orion. Without the mighty Saturn V rocket, the Apollo 11 moon landing would not have been possible in July 1969. Even today, nearly fifty years later, it remains by far the largest and most powerful rocket ever used. Equipped with computers that are easily surpassed today by any mobile phone, the Saturn V was an unprecedented technical achievement. This book, part of the America in Space series, tells the gripping story of the development and creation of the Saturn V in concise, detailed text, and features numerous high-quality color images, technical drawings, and specification/dimension charts. As well as a detailed look at the Saturn V's design and construction, all thirty-two Apollo missions are discussed, including the later Skylab and ApolloSoyuz Test Project. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing [Originally published in Germany in 2015]. …