MERCURY MISSIONS (1961-1963) - Lot 31

MERCURY MISSIONS (1961-1963) "Results of the first United States manned orbital space flight February 20, 1962", NASA/GPO, Washington D.C., 1962. In-4, original blue cover. A complete 204-page review of the MA-6 mission of February 20, 1962, with a drawing of the Mercury capsule on the cover and a stamp of October 29, 1998, the day of John Glenn's second flight into Space with the launch of the space shuttle Discovery for mission STS-95. Official publication including a detailed description of capsule no. 13, the launch complex and the Atlas launcher. The report presents the results of the flight: capsule systems performance, in-flight control, recovery operations, pilot John Glenn's report, as well as a complete transcript of communications during the mission.