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Author: George Leopold
Publisher: Purdue University Press
ISBN: 1612494587
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Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom adds significantly to our understanding of that tumultuous period in American history.

Author: George Leopold
Publisher: Purdue University Press
ISBN: 1557537453
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Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom adds significantly to our understanding of that tumultuous period in American history.

Author: Donn Eisele
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803299540
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Readers can now experience an Apollo story they assumed would never be written as well as the story behind its discovery.

Author: Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 9780871951762
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This book unearths the story of Indiana's first astronaut by offering a more complete picture of Grissom's life and character and the events that led up to his death.

Author: Colin Burgess
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 080328599X
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Many people are aware of the first manned Apollo mission, in which Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a fire during a ground test, but few know of the other five fallen astronauts whose stories this book tells as ...

Author: Ben Evans
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461432782
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This book explores the events which preceded that new ear, including the political demise of Space Station Freedom and the consequences of the fall of the Soviet Union on a once-proud human space program.

Author: Martha Lemasters
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 163047715X
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It is the technical team, the engineers, analysts, programmers, and yes, even the secretaries and typists who kept the administrative side moving, who are portrayed in this book.

Author: Reginald Turnill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521035354
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An eyewitness account of the Soviet-American race to land a man on the moon.

Author: Robert Greenberger
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780823944583
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Profiles the Air Force test pilot who became one of the first astronauts and describes his participation in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs as well as his death in a tragic fire during a pre-flight test on the Apollo 1 ...

Author: Betty Grissom
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The widow of astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom tells the tragic and heroic story of her husband and family caught up in America's race for the moon.