This New Ocean, A History of Project Mercury.

This New Ocean, A History of Project Mercury. A detailed narrative of the first United States manned space program. Covers initial planning, development tests of the spacecraft and launch vehicles, and the actual manned flights. Approximately 7x10 inches and 681 pages with a blue paper cover.

Inscribed and Signed with their individual Mercury flight names by Carpenter, Cooper, and Schirra on the half-title page, with Cooper adding "MA-9."

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