| Author | Swenson, Loyd S.
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| Title | This new ocean : a history of Project Mercury / by Loyd S. Swenson, Jr., James M. Grimwood, Charles C. Alexander.
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| Published | Washington, D.C. : Scientific and Technical Information Division, Office of Technology Utilization, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966.
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| Description | xv, 681 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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| Series | NASA historical series
NASA historical series.
NASA SP (Series) ; 4201.
NASA SP ; 4201
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: 1. The Lure, the Lock, the Key (To 1958) -- 2. Exploring the Human Factor (1948-1958) -- 3. Aeronautics to Astronautics: NACA Research (1952-1957) 4. From NACA to NASA -- 5. Specification for a Manned Satellite -- 6. From Design into Development -- 7. Man-Rating the Machines -- 8. Machine-Rating the Men -- 9. From Development into Qualification: Flight Tests -- 10. Tests versus Time in the Race for Space -- 11. Suborbital Flights into Space -- 12. Final Rehearsals -- 13. Mercury Mission Accomplished -- 14. Climax of Project Mercury.
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| Subjects | Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History.
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| Other Titles | History of Project Mercury
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| LC Card Number | 66-62424 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: TL 789.8 U6 M556 1966
CA-1903117: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69289] |
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