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18 - Passing the Torch
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This week, we cover the final flight of Project Mercury. Gordon Cooper is slated to fly the most ambitious mission of the program so far, spending more than a full day in orbit. It will be the longest American manned mission yet, but it will also see the direst crisis of Project Mercury.
Twitter: @FOISpacecast
Instagram" foispacecast
Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia
Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Failure is not an Option" by Gene Kranz
"Project Mercury" by Eugen Reichl
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
Web Sources-
Neil Armstrong's X-15 flight over Pasadena | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine
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Manage episode 342898007 series 3356925
This week, we cover the final flight of Project Mercury. Gordon Cooper is slated to fly the most ambitious mission of the program so far, spending more than a full day in orbit. It will be the longest American manned mission yet, but it will also see the direst crisis of Project Mercury.
Twitter: @FOISpacecast
Instagram" foispacecast
Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia
Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Failure is not an Option" by Gene Kranz
"Project Mercury" by Eugen Reichl
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
Web Sources-
Neil Armstrong's X-15 flight over Pasadena | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine
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