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Alan Shepard was an American astronaut who became the first American in space when his "Freedom 7" module, part of the Mercury space program, was put into space on a Redstone rocket on May 5, 1961.
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The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe.
Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the ...
Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz.
In 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik and the ensuing space race. Three years later, Gene Kranz left his aircraft testing job to join NASA and champi...