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The Astronauts' own book has just been published
WE SEVEN, the magnificent new book by the Astronauts themselves the
complete story of their spectacular adventure has just been published by
Simon and Schuster. It is a new selection of The Literary Guild, and will soon
appear around the world in almost every language that can be set in type.
WE SEVEN is far more than a reprinting of the first-person accounts that
have appeared in LIFE. It contains them, of course, but only as part of an excit
ing, newly-written chronicle of Project Mercury the plans and dreams and
events that have already brought America within range of the unbelievable
goal of the moon and beyond.
This is a book every citizen of the Space Age should read and own. It has
all the excitement of history in the making the grand design of the American
space effort, now in a single dramatic volume. And it is an unusually handsome
and impressive looking volume its 346-page narrative illustrated with 67 of
the most essential and dramatic photographs from LIFE's files. After LIFE
Senior Editor John Dille's preface (and some covering remarks that the authors
were too modest to make) the Astronauts themselves have written a book that
has genuine grandeur. Above all it has an intensely personal flavor of suspense
and adventure, of reminiscence and humor, of good days and bad days, and
brilliantly clear descriptions of a number of complex technical matters which
only the Astronauts are equipped to explain.
WE SEVEN can be an ideal Christmas
gift for a science- or space-minded youngster
indeed, for anyone, young or old, with a
genuine desire to know more about Project
Mercury and the men who ride its wings.
We are so sure that every LIFE-read-
TTL V "efeJ ing family will want to possess the book that
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with the publishers: without sending any
money in advance, read WE SEVEN for 14
full days before you decide to keep it and
pay its price of $6.50, plus small postage
and handling charges. To receive the book
for this 14-day reading trial, merely send
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You experience the absolute si
lence of outer space and Know
how it is to look out at unimagi
nable sights hurtling sunsets,
iridescent arcs of color against
pitch-black night . . .
You sit with John Glenn in the '
cockpit of the Friendship 7,
sharing his suspense, only min
utes before he becomes the
first American In orbit. You dis
cover what led to that moment;
how just these men came to be
Astronauts; their qualifications;
who was turned down . . .
You go through their fantastic
tests and training, as the seven
are Isolated, vibrated, whirled,
heated, frozen, fatigued, sub-
Just a few of the thrills in store for you
merged, pressurized orteased
into superhuman co-ordination
by the monster toy known as
the "Idiot Box" . . .
You explore the capsule, press
the buttons, attend the bull ses
sions. You ride with Shepard,
Glenn, Grissom and Carpenter
on their historic journeys into
space. You watch the complex
operations of control centers
and space stations all over the
world ...
You share the private jokes, as
well as the tensions and tri
umphs. You learn what space
flight Is and what It is not You
learn some fabulous tricks of
the trade...
in WE SEVEN:
As Walry Schirra describes the
extraordinary system (space
suit, oxygen tubes, fans, snork
el and contour couch) designed
around each individual pilot, you
function weightless in space...
You see potential disasters nar
rowly avoided. You witness the
life of the Astronauts In all its
aspects, through their eyes and
in their words. And, as Scott
Carpenter gives in fascinating
detail the events and sensations
of his flight in orbit and his vigil
on the raft while the world
waited he conveys to us some
portion of the quality of the
faith and aspiration that goes
into the making of anAstronaut
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