Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space Flig

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Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, February 20, 1962. Details of the historic orbital flight of John Glenn are discussed plus a general overview of Mercury spacecraft systems, the Atlas launch vehicle, biomedical, and recovery operations. With a pilot's report by John Glenn. Instrumentation failures during the flight are also covered. Approximately 8x10 inches and 204 pages with a blue paper cover. NASA/GPO, 1962

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Inscribed and signed with: "John Glenn was the first Marine to fly in space and I was the second. Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7" on the title page.