ASTRONAUTS by Caidin, M. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

ASTRONAUTS

by Caidin, M.

New York, 1960: E. P. Dutton Co., Inc., 192 pages, $3.95

Discusses the US Mercury man-in-space program, its origins, development, selection of pilots, etc. The book goes into considerable detail onthe Mercury satellite, flight plans, sequence of operations, pilot training, the use of animals in space research, and the Atlas carrier vehicle. A later, revised edition includes details on the first Soviet Vostok manned satellite flight and the first US suborbital Mercury flight.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III