In May 1961, Alan Shepard climbed into Freedom 7 for a mission that lasted just 15 minutes, but reshaped NASA’s future overnight. This is the tense story of Project Mercury’s first crewed launch, and ...
Inevitably, there are times in a nation's history when its hopes, fears and confidence in its own destiny appear to hinge on the fate of a single person. One of these pivotal moments occurred on the ...