Race for Space 4: America Plays Catch-Up
By David Baker & Anatoly Zak
- Release Date: 2013-09-11
- Genre: Science & Nature
Description
Book 4 in the Race for Space series covers the development and mission history of the Mercury spacecraft – slow to get off the ground for want of a powerful enough launch vehicle, but ultimately very successful and a big feather in the cap of the newly created NASA.