For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut - Softcover

Carpenter, M. Scott; Stoever, Kris

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9780451211057: For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut

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ISBN 10: 0451211057 ISBN 13: 9780451211057

Publisher: New Amer Library, 2004

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A Project Mercury astronaut recounts his childhood with a terminally ill parent, his experiences as a Navy pilot and an undersea explorer, and his history-making endeavors aboard the Aurora 7, in a paperback edition enhanced by new material and photographs. Reprint.

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Advance praise for For Spacious Skies

"A rich story of remarkable accomplishment and sacrifice. Not only do we learn about the early years of space travel, we learn how one man became one of America's modern heroes."
--John Glenn

"For Spacious Skies is more than the adventures of the Mercury astronaut and Deep Submergence aquanaut Scott Carpenter. It is the heart-breaking story of a family torn apart and a boy called Buddy who flew solo into space, and lived for an eternity in the depths of the sea, looking for his father."
-- Tom Wolfe, author of The Right Stuff

"By many miles the best memoir of Project Mercury. For Spacious Skies is a
splendid, writerly combination of personal and national journeying, full of
thoughtfulness, thrills, and a deep, dignified emotion. For anyone who
remembers the first light of the space age—or had the bad luck of being too
young to live through it—this is the indispensable book."
--Thomas Mallon, author of Aurora 7 and Mrs. Paine's Garage
|Advance praise for For Spacious Skies

"A rich story of remarkable accomplishment and sacrifice. Not only do we learn about the early years of space travel, we learn how one man became one of America's modern heroes."
--John Glenn

"For Spacious Skies is more than the adventures of the Mercury astronaut and Deep Submergence aquanaut Scott Carpenter. It is the heart-breaking story of a family torn apart and a boy called Buddy who flew solo into space, and lived for an eternity in the depths of the sea, looking for his father."
-- Tom Wolfe, author of The Right Stuff

"By many miles the best memoir of Project Mercury. For Spacious Skies is a
splendid, writerly combination of personal and national journeying, full of
thoughtfulness, thrills, and a deep, dignified emotion. For anyone who
remembers the first light of the space age—or had the bad luck of being too
young to live through it—this is the indispensable book."
--Thomas Mallon, author of Aurora 7 and Mrs. Paine's Garage

About the Author:

Scott Carpenter is one of the seven original "Right Stuff" astronauts. The fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth, he went on to participate in the U.S. Navy's pioneering Man-in-the-Sea program (Sealabs I, II, and III) as an underwater explorer and researcher.

Kris Stoever was six years old in 1962 when her father, Scott Carpenter, rocketed into space. A graduate of Georgetown, she has worked as an editor and writer.

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