Lost Spacecraft: The Search for Liberty Bell 7
- ISBN-10
- 1896522882
- ISBN-13
- 9781896522883
- Category
- Space vehicles
- Pages
- 212
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Burlington, Ont. : Apogee Books
- Author
- Curt Newport
Description
Describes how the paths of two men, one living and one dead, crossed in the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft.
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