Title: Rocket Man
First published: 2004
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
Subjects: Astronauts, History, Juvenile literature, Project Mercury (U.S.), Glenn, john, 1921-2016, Glenn, john, 1921-2016, juvenile literature, Project mercury (u.s.), Project mercury (u.s.), juvenile literature
People: John Glenn (1921-)