
Rocket Man
by Earl Perkins
BOOK SUMMARY
“We set sail on this new sea . . .”
On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduced America’s first astronauts to the press–Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton. The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully selected from a final group of thirty-two candidates.
On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduced America’s first astronauts to the press–Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton. The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully selected from a final group of thirty-two candidates.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Earl Perkins always wanted to be a sports writer, but the allure of writing a novel with a great story to tell has always been a dream for him.
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