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SPRINGER PRAXIS BOOKS AURORA 7 - COLIN BURGES...

TO A NATION enthralled by the heroic exploits of the Mercury astronauts  the launch of Lt.
Cmdr. Scott Carpenter on NASA's second orbital space flight was a renewed cause for pride 
jubilation and celebration. Within hours  that excitement had given way to stunned disbelief
and anxiety as shaken broadcasters began preparing the American public for the very real
possibility that an American astronaut and his spacecraft may have been lost at sea. In fact 
it had been a very close call. Completely out of fuel and forced to manually guide Aurora 7
through the frightening inferno of re-entry  Carpenter brought the Mercury spacecraft down to a
safe splashdown in the ocean. In doing so  he controversially overshot the intended landing
zone. Despite his efforts  Carpenter's performance on the MA-7 mission was later derided by
powerful figures within NASA. He would never fly into space again. Taking temporary leave of
NASA  Carpenter participated in the U.S. Navy's pioneering Sealab program. For a record 30 days
he lived and worked aboard a pressurized habitat resting on the floor of the ocean  becoming
the nation's first astronaut aquanaut explorer. Following extensive research conducted by noted
spaceflight historian Colin Burgess  the drama-filled flight of Aurora 7 is faithfully
recounted in this engrossing book  along with the personal recollections of Scott Carpenter and
those closest to the actual events.

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