Time John Glenn

Author : John Glenn,Nick Taylor
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780553581577

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John Glenn: A Memoir by John Glenn,Nick Taylor Pdf

He was the first astronaut to orbit the Earth. Nearly four decades later, as the world's oldest astronaut, his courage reveted a nation. But these two historical events only bracketed a life that covers the sweep of an extraordinary century. John Glenn's autobiography spans the seminal events of the twentieth century. It is a story that begins with his childhood in Ohio where he learned the importance of family, community, and patriotism. He took these values with him as a marine fighter pilot during World War II and into the skies over Korea, for which he would be decorated. Always a gifted flier, it was during the war that he contemplated the unlimited possibilities of aviation and its frontiers. We see the early days of NASA, where he first served as a backup pilot for astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. In 1962 Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States. Then came several years in international business, followed by a twenty-four year career as a U.S. Senator-and in 1998 a return to space for his remarkable Discover mission at the age of seventy-seven.

Author : The Editors of TIME
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Astronauts
ISBN : 1683300610

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Time John Glenn by The Editors of TIME Pdf

Author : The Editors of TIME
Publisher : Time Inc. Books
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781683300588

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TIME John Glenn by The Editors of TIME Pdf

Author : Jeff Shesol
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781324003250

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Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War by Jeff Shesol Pdf

A riveting history of the epic orbital 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 perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the United States to every major milestone in space. The race to the heavens seemed a race for survival—and America was losing. On February 20, 1962, when John Glenn blasted into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his mission was not only to circle the planet; it was to calm the fears of the free world and renew America’s sense of self-belief. Mercury Rising re-creates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon. Drawing on new archival sources, personal interviews, and previously unpublished notes by Glenn himself, Mercury Rising reveals how the astronaut’s heroics lifted the nation’s hopes in what Kennedy called the "hour of maximum danger."

Author : Alice L. George
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1641605960

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The Last American Hero by Alice L. George Pdf

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. That morning at Cape Canaveral, a small-town boy from Ohio took his place atop a rocket and soared into orbit to score a victory in the heavily contested Cold War. The television images were blurry black-and-white phantoms. The cameras shook as the rocket moved, but by the end of the day, one thing was clear: a new hero rode that rocket and became the center of the world's attention for the four hours and fifty-five minutes of his flight. From that day forward, Glenn restively wore the hero label. Refusing to let that dramatic day define his life, he went on to become a four-term US senator--and returned to space at the age of seventy-seven. He was a creation of the media, in some ways, but he was also a product of the Cold War. At a time when increasingly cynical Americans need heroes, his aura burns brightly in American memory.

Author : Ruth Ashby
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781561457458

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Rocket Man by Ruth Ashby Pdf

On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth. Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of manned space flight. His historic flight followed years of intensive physical training and a devotion to a career in the exciting but risk-filled world of aviation. Ruth Ashby's dramatic story of John Glenn's near-disastrous mission in Friendship 7 also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio childhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in the prestigious and dangerous Mercury 7 program. The book concludes with Glenn's successful career as a US senator and his triumphant return to space in 1998 at the age of 77.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Astronautics and state
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006333020

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Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1590783840

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Godspeed, John Glenn by Anonim Pdf

Picture-book biography of John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth.

Author : Stephen A. Crist
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190217747

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Dave Brubeck's Time Out by Stephen A. Crist Pdf

Dave Brubeck's Time Out ranks among the most popular, successful, and influential jazz albums of all time. Released by Columbia in 1959, alongside such other landmark albums as Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Charles Mingus's Mingus Ah Um, Time Out became one of the first jazz albums to be certified platinum, while its featured track, "Take Five," became the best-selling jazz single of the twentieth century, surpassing one million copies. In addition to its commercial successes, the album is widely recognized as a pioneering endeavor into the use of odd meters in jazz. With its opening track "Blue Rondo à la Turk" written in 9/8, its hit single "Take Five" in 5/4, and equally innovative uses of the more common 3/4 and 4/4 meters on other tracks, Time Out has played an important role in the development of modern jazz. In this book, author Stephen A. Crist draws on nearly fifteen years of archival research to offer the most thorough examination to date of this seminal jazz album. Supplementing his research with interviews with key individuals, including Brubeck's widow Iola and daughter Catherine, as well as interviews conducted with Brubeck himself prior to his passing in 2012, Crist paints a complete picture of the album's origins, creation, and legacy. Couching careful analysis of each of the album's seven tracks within historical and cultural contexts, he offers fascinating insights into the composition and development of some of the album's best-known tunes. From Brubeck's 1958 State Department-sponsored tour, during which he first encountered the Turkish aksak rhythms that would form the basis of "Blue Rondo à la Turk," to the backstage jam session that planted the seeds for "Take Five," Crist sheds an exciting new light on one of the most significant albums in jazz history.

Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781439113295

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John Glenn by Michael Burgan Pdf

Dear Reader: The Childhood of Famous Americans series, sixty-five years old in 1997, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person's development. History is fleshed out with fictionalized details, and conversations have been added to make the stories come alive to today's reader, but every reasonable effort has been made to make the stories consistent with the events, ethics, and character of their subjects. These books reaffirm the importance of our American heritage. We hope you learn to love the heroes and heroines who helped shape this great country. And by doing so, we hope you also develop a lasting love for the nation that gave them the opportunity to make their dreams come true. It will do the same for you. Happy Reading! The Editors

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319156545

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Friendship 7 by Colin Burgess Pdf

In this spellbinding account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the very dawn of human space exploration. A nation proudly and collectively came to a standstill on the day this mission flew; a day that will be forever enshrined in American spaceflight history. On the morning of February 20, 1962, following months of frustrating delays, a Marine Corps war hero and test pilot named John Glenn finally blazed a path into orbit aboard a compact capsule named Friendship 7. The book’s tension-filled narrative faithfully unfolds through contemporary reports and the personal recollections of astronaut John Glenn, along with those closest to the Friendship 7 story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America’s most ambitious and memorable pioneering space missions. Friendship 7. The book’s tension-filled narrative faithfully unfolds through contemporary reports and the personal recollections of astronaut John Glenn, along with those closest to the Friendship 7 story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America’s most ambitious and memorable pioneering space missions. Friendship 7 story, revealing previously unknown facts behind one of America’s most ambitious and memorable pioneering space missions.

Author : Tom Wolfe
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429961325

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The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Pdf

From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review) Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1458 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116492869

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1640 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D021967618

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Reports and Documents by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Kathleen Krull
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Astronauts
ISBN : 0062747142

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Fly High, John Glenn by Kathleen Krull Pdf

The inspiring, deeply patriotic true story of John Glenn, a true hero who not only changed America's contribution to space exploration but also spent his life proudly serving his country in many ways. This is a gorgeous picture book to introduce younger readers to John Glenn, from award-winning author Kathleen Krull and illustrator Maurizio A. C. Quarello. John Glenn wasn't just the first American to orbit Earth. He was a family man, a soldier, a United States senator, and a national hero. He laid the groundwork for future star voyagers--and dreamers--everywhere. From the time he was a child, John Glenn loved flying. Later he did so by flying airplanes for the U.S. military, and then when space travel became a possibility, he trained for years to become an astronaut. John had to push his mind and body to the brink. But he loved his country more than anything and wanted to serve--including flying into the great unknown.