NASA Mercury Owners' Workshop Manual: 1958 to 1963 (all models) (Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual) - Hardcover

Baker, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785210645 ISBN 13: 9781785210648

Verlag: J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Full coverage of the design, engineering, development and flight operations of NASA's Mercury spacecraft, which in addition to several unmanned tests supported two piloted ballistic sub-orbital flights in 1961 and four piloted orbital flights between 1962 and 1963.The Mercury programme bridged the gap between the hypersonic X-15 and the two-man Gemini spacecraft, which in turn led to the Apollo spacecraft. MERCURY - AMERICA'S FIRST PILOTED SPACECRAFT 1958-1963 completes the Haynes Workshop manual series of US and Russian piloted space vehicles and serves as a precursor to a possible Hynes Workshop Manual on the NASA Orion deep-space exploration vehicle scheduled to fly in 2018 on the Space Launch System, the world's biggest rocket.The emphasis in the book will on describing the design, engineering and technology of the Mercury spacecraft rather than on the missions, which are comprehensively covered in several previously published books. In this way the Workshop Manual brand line is maintained as a reference to the way machines are built and operated.

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Reseña del editor

The NASA Mercury programme bridged the gap between the hypersonic X-15 and the two-man Gemini spacecraft, which in turn led to the Apollo spacecraft. This Manual completes the Haynes Workshop manual series of US and Russian piloted space vehicles. The Mercury programme began in 1958, with the goal of putting a man into Earth orbit and returning him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Seven astronauts were selected to train for spaceflights on the Mercury programme, and they became known as the Mercury Seven. A number of unmanned flights were made prior to the first manned flight, a sub-orbital flight in May 1961, that put US astronaut Alan Shephard in space, before John Glen became the first American to reach Earth orbit in February 1962. This Manual provides in-depth engineering insight, and tells the story of the hardware, the missions and the men behind Project Mercury.

Biografía del autor

Dr. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 80 books on spaceflight technology> He is the author of 10 Haynes Manuals, including NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers Manual, Apollo 13 Manual, Soyuz Manual, Rocket Manual, Hubble Space Telescope Manual and US Spy Satellites Manual, with more to follow. He lives in East Sussex.

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• Verlag: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785210645
• ISBN 13: 9781785210648
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208