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This new ocean : a history of Project Mercury

Print Book, English, 1966
Scientific and Technical Information Division, Office of Technology Utilization, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., 1966
History
xv, 681 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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1. The Lure, the Lock, the Key (To 1958)
2. Exploring the Human Factor (1948-1958)
3. Aeronautics to Astronautics: NACA Research (1952-1957) 4. From NACA to NASA
5. Specification for a Manned Satellite
6. From Design into Development
7. Man-Rating the Machines
8. Machine-Rating the Men
9. From Development into Qualification: Flight Tests
10. Tests versus Time in the Race for Space
11. Suborbital Flights into Space
12. Final Rehearsals
13. Mercury Mission Accomplished
14. Climax of Project Mercury