Friendship 7 : first American in orbit

Resource Information

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Label

Friendship 7 : first American in orbit

Title remainder

first American in orbit

Statement of responsibility

Michael D. Cole

Title variation

Friendship seven

Creator

• Cole, Michael D

Subject

• Project Mercury (U.S.)
• Friendship 7 (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literature
• Glenn, John, 1921-
• Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
• Glenn, John, 1921- -- Juvenile literature
• Friendship 7 (Spacecraft)
• Project Mercury (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
• Project Mercury (U.S.)
• Glenn, John, 1921-
• Juvenile works

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works

Language

eng

Summary

" ... Flames and smoke shot from the rocket engines as astronaut John Glenn blasted off aboard 'Friendship 7' on February 20, 1962. Glenn's historic mission brought him fame as the first American in orbit, but not without some unexpected danger. Problems arose which forced Glenn to fly the spacecraft manually, utilizing all his courage and skill to bring 'Friendship 7' home safely. Based on NASA reports and interviews with John Glenn himself, [the] author ... captures the excitement and danger of the flight of 'Friendship 7. This sucessful mission made Glenn an American hero, and paved the way for future space exploration."

Member of

• Countdown to space

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

629.45/4

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

TL789.8.U6

LC item number

M4537 1995

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Countdown to space

Target audience

juvenile