Appointment in the Sky, The Story of Project Gemini
New York: Walker and Company, 1963. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. [10], 214 p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. Glossary of Terms. Foreword by Lyndon Johnson. The author was deputy technical director of the Gemini Project for the Martin-Marietta Corporation. Appointment in the Sky is authoritative while presented for a general audience. Project Gemini was the pivotal stage between Project Mercury (sub-orbital flight) and Project Apollo (moon flight). The purpose of Project Gemini was to rendezvous in space with an unmanned vehicle, remain in space for a period of time and then land on a predesignated point. Mr. Levine also covers Russian activities in space and reveals facts about three Russian losses in space: one manned ship exploded during launching and two went up that have never come down. Training of astronauts, problems encountered in space, and landing the spacecraft and a description of a moon trip are discussed. Condition: Very good in fair dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.
Keywords: Project Gemini, NASA, Cape Kennedy, Astronaut training, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Training, Manned Space Flight, Orbital, Docking
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Price: $65.00