Rocket Man : The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn
by
Ruth Ashby
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
1682631044
ISBN-13
9781682631041
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers,U.S.
Imprint
Peachtree Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 5th, 2019
Print length
124 Pages
Weight
148 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 19.10 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fictionGeneral fiction (Children's / Teenage)Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fictionHistorical fiction (Children's / Teenage)Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technologyScience & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
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On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth.
Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of manned space flight. His historic flight followed years of intensive physical training and a devotion to a career in the exciting but risk-filled world of aviation.
Ruth Ashby''s dramatic story of John Glenn''s near-disastrous mission in Friendship 7 also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio childhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in the prestigious and dangerous Mercury 7 program.
The book concludes with Glenn''s successful career as a US senator and his triumphant return to space in 1998 at the age of 77.
Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of manned space flight. His historic flight followed years of intensive physical training and a devotion to a career in the exciting but risk-filled world of aviation.
Ruth Ashby''s dramatic story of John Glenn''s near-disastrous mission in Friendship 7 also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio childhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in the prestigious and dangerous Mercury 7 program.
The book concludes with Glenn''s successful career as a US senator and his triumphant return to space in 1998 at the age of 77.
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