Results of the Second U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight July 21, 1961
Report published by the Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA, following the second manned suborbital space flight in July, 1961. Contains six articles titled as follows: Spacecraft and Flight Plan of the Mercury-Redstone 4 Flight; Results of the MR-4 Preflight and Postflight Medical Examination Conducted on Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom; Physiological Responses of the Astronaut in the MR-4 Space Flight; Flight Surgeon’s Report for Mercury-Redstone Missions 3 and 4; Results of Inflight Pilot Performance Studies for the MR-4 Flight; and Pilot’s Flight Report. The pilot, of course, was Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, legendary fighter pilot and test pilot and one of the seven original Mercury Project astronauts. Notably, the astronauts were still deemed pilots at this point, a distinction that would be abrogated by Mission Control later in the program, as discussed by Tom Wolfe in The Right Stuff. 4to, printed wrappers, 58 pages with b/w charts, tables, and photos. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities, with damp staining concentrating along spine. Content clean and bright. Scarce.
Report published by the Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA, following the second manned suborbital space flight in July, 1961. Contains six articles titled as follows: Spacecraft and Flight Plan of the Mercury-Redstone 4 Flight; Results of the MR-4 Preflight and Postflight Medical Examination Conducted on Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom; Physiological Responses of the Astronaut in the MR-4 Space Flight; Flight Surgeon’s Report for Mercury-Redstone Missions 3 and 4; Results of Inflight Pilot Performance Studies for the MR-4 Flight; and Pilot’s Flight Report. The pilot, of course, was Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, legendary fighter pilot and test pilot and one of the seven original Mercury Project astronauts. Notably, the astronauts were still deemed pilots at this point, a distinction that would be abrogated by Mission Control later in the program, as discussed by Tom Wolfe in The Right Stuff. 4to, printed wrappers, 58 pages with b/w charts, tables, and photos. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities, with damp staining concentrating along spine. Content clean and bright. Scarce.
Report published by the Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA, following the second manned suborbital space flight in July, 1961. Contains six articles titled as follows: Spacecraft and Flight Plan of the Mercury-Redstone 4 Flight; Results of the MR-4 Preflight and Postflight Medical Examination Conducted on Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom; Physiological Responses of the Astronaut in the MR-4 Space Flight; Flight Surgeon’s Report for Mercury-Redstone Missions 3 and 4; Results of Inflight Pilot Performance Studies for the MR-4 Flight; and Pilot’s Flight Report. The pilot, of course, was Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, legendary fighter pilot and test pilot and one of the seven original Mercury Project astronauts. Notably, the astronauts were still deemed pilots at this point, a distinction that would be abrogated by Mission Control later in the program, as discussed by Tom Wolfe in The Right Stuff. 4to, printed wrappers, 58 pages with b/w charts, tables, and photos. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities, with damp staining concentrating along spine. Content clean and bright. Scarce.
