For Spacious Skies The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut

During the early years of the space program, each mission helped determine NASA's research progress, the efficiency of its design, and its place in the race to the moon; when Aurora 7 began to malfunction, everyone at hand frantically tried to detect the cause. What was ultimately found to be a glitch in Aurora 7's pitch horizon scanner forced the astronaut to overshoot his expected landing site by 250 miles and later brought the decisions made during his flight under intense scrutiny. Scott Carpenter, with his daughter, Kris Stoever, clears up all lingering questions about his flight while telling the history of an amazing frontier family and the strength of the American pioneer spirit. Book jacket.Carpenter, Scott is the author of 'For Spacious Skies The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut', published 2003 under ISBN 9780786254347 and ISBN 0786254343.