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Mercury rising : John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the new battleground of the Cold War /

"A riveting history of the momentous Friendship 7 space flight that put America back into the space race. If the United States couldn't catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold War-a mo...

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Main Author:	Shesol, Jeff (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Project Mercury (U.S.) Space flights. Space race > United States. Friendship 7 (Spacecraft) Glenn, John, > 1921-2016. Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > Influence. Astronautics and state > United States > History > 20th century. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics.

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