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Touching Space : The Story of Project Manhigh by Gregory P. Kennedy (2007, Trade Paperback)

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BOOK CONDITION: A small mark on front cover you have to look at from a certain angle to see it otherwise near fine with clean covers and interior, tight binding, sharp corners and no creases in the spine.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited

ISBN-100764327887

ISBN-139780764327889

eBay Product ID (ePID)60528888

Product Key Features

Book TitleTouching Space : the Story of Project Manhigh

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAir Sports, Military Science, Military / United States, Military / Aviation

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation, Technology & Engineering, History

AuthorGregory P. Kennedy

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight19.1 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal358.400973

SynopsisProject Manhigh took humans to the threshold of space using balloons. In the 1950s, a small band of Air Force doctors were on the cutting edge of the United States' space research programs. Working at the Aeromedical Field Laboratory at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico, they used balloons to carry laboratory animals followed by human pilots above 99% of the atmosphere. Drawing upon flight reports and technical data, this book documents Project Manhigh and the high altitude flights that preceded it. The Manhigh flights were, in many ways, prototypes for future space missions. On each of the three flights, the Air Force placed a lone pilot in a sealed capsule nineteen miles above the ground. At such extreme altitudes, the pilots were well within the functional equivalent of outer space and needed the sealed capsule to survive. Manhigh existed prior to the creation of NASA and helped pave the way for human space exploration.

LC Classification NumberUG643.K46 2018