The race to space between the United States and the Soviet Union captured the popular imagination.
This book tells the story of the people and events of Projects Mercury and Gemini w.
Over the next twenty years astronauts emerged as national heroes. flew 116 miles above Earth before splashing down in the Bahamas.
Shepard Jr.
Three weeks later, American astronaut Alan B.
On April 12, 1961, the USSR launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on a one-orbit flight, making him the first human in space.
The race to space between the United States and the Soviet Union captured the popular imagination