Return to Main Book Faith 7: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission 2016 Synopsis This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone. He flew in the Mercury and Gemini programs and served as head of flight crew operations in both the Apollo and Skylab programs. Related Topics skylab gemini flown cockpit adventurous spaceflight spacecraft airplanes astronaut mercury apollo flew gordon nasa rocket cooper celebrates jr crew alike programs served flight mission head operations faith final space series led american life book Suggested Reading Tough and Competent: Leadership and Team Chemistry Tough and Competent documents the leadership and teamwork principles which emerged from an organization of novice, part-time engineers in NASA Mercury Control. By July 1969, when faced with the stress of the Apollo 11 mission to land Americans on the moon, they had matured into a group of hardened i... View Details Project Mercury: America's First Manned Spaceflight Program "Project Mercury: America's First Manned Spaceflight Program" by TD Barnes delves into the pioneering era of America's space exploration, focusing on the groundbreaking Project Mercury. This program, which began in the late 1950s, was America's initial foray into manned spaceflight, setting the stag... Purchase on Amazon View Details