Ultimately, seven pilots are recruited for the ambitious Mercury program and thrust into a white-hot ... In the meantime, controversy embroils astronaut Gus Grissom (Fred Ward) after a mishap during ...

Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B ... resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe. The disaster was caused by the failure of an O-ring ...

Thirteen days later, on Jan. 28, that liftoff took place, ending in a fuel tank explosion and the death of all seven crew members ... claimed the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and ...

The Mercury-Redstone's automatic in-flight abort sensing system solved this problem by monitoring the rocket's performance during flight. If it detected an anomaly which might threaten the astronaut .

Thirteen days later, on Jan. 28, that liftoff took place, ending in a fuel tank explosion and the death of all seven crew members just 73 seconds ... launch pad fire that claimed the lives of ...

This book is about how the dreams of exploring other worlds became a reality with the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs ... 1 which resulted in the deaths of the three American astronauts, Gus ...