Mercury Rising History Book Ages 18 months and up

Ages 18 months and up

Beautiful illustrations help guide your child through the poses

and the military was ill-prepared to fight

more commonly known by the nicknames “Warthog” or “Hog”

The Willow Run Bomber Plant opened in 1941 and produced over 8

Mercury Rising History Book Ages 18 months and upA riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the United States couldnt catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold Wara perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the United States to every major milestone in space. The