Rocket man
Subtitle: the Mercury adventure of John Glenn
By: Ruth Ashby.
Contributors: Hunt, Robert, 1952-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Peachtree junior publication
Publisher: Peachtree
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Atlanta, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781561453238
Subjects: Glenn, John, -- 1921- -- Juvenile literature; Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature; Astronauts -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Other titles: Mercury adventure of John Glenn
Description: "Astronaut John Glenn heard only silence as heat began to build up in his Mercury capsule. Just four feet behind him, the temperature rose to 9,500 degrees-almost as hot as the surface of the sun. The glow outside of the window was a bright orange. Glenn's back began to tense. If the heat shield was down, that was where he would feel the heat first. Would Friendship 7 return to Earth as a giant fireball? Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Photographs and NASA patches and emblems courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Johnson Space Center. Illustrations by Robert Hunt.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [116]).