TOUCHING SPACE: The Story of Project Manhigh
Documents the projects that took humans to the threshold of space using balloons, first with laboratory animals, followed by human pilots above 99 percent of the atmosphere. On each of the three flights, the Air Force placed a lone pilot in a sealed capsule nineteen miles above the ground. Fully illustrated some in color.
Format: Paperbound
Pages: 134
Publisher: Schiffer
Size: 8½x11 inches
ISBN: 9780764327889
Item #: 941908X
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