Project Mercury/Bibliography

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• Chris Kraft, Flight: My Life in Mission Control. Factual, written by one of the pivotal figures in America's space programme, whose involvement ran from the early days of NACA through the formation of NASA, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, ASTP, Skylab and the early days of Shuttle operations. ISBN 0-452-28304-3
• Gene Kranz, Failure is Not an Option. Factual, from the standpoint of a chief flight controller during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs. ISBN 0-7432-0079-9
• Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff. Sentimental, from the test pilot, and later the astronaut viewpoint, more journalistic than a literal history (Wolfe interviewed many of those involved).
• Schirra, Grissom, Glenn, Slayton, Shepherd, Carpenter, Cooper, We Seven. (ISBN B00005X54G); Simon & Schuster - 1962. Factual; a collection of articles written by the seven Mercury astronauts describing events from their points of view.
• James M. Grimwood, This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
• James M. Grimwood, Project Mercury - A Chronology
• Mae Mills Link, Space Medicine In Project Mercury
• Results of the first US manned orbital space flight - Feb 20, 1962 (Friendship 7) NASA report - (PDF format)
• Results of the second u.s. manned orbital space flight, May 24, 1962 (Aurora 7) NASA report - (PDF format)
• This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury - NASA report (PDF format)
• Chronology of Project Mercury - NASA report (PDF format)