Chapter 1. An American Spacewalk
1. Peter Bond, Heroes in Space: From Gagarin to Challenger (New York: Basil Blackwell, Inc., 1987), p. 90.
2. Ibid.
3. Anthony J. Cipriano, America’s Journeys Into Space: The Astronauts of the United States (New York: Julian Messner, 1979), p. 32.
4. Bond, p. 91.
5. David J. Shayler, Gemini: Steps to the Moon (Chichester, UK: Praxis Publishing, 2001), p. 277.
6. Ibid., p. 278.
7. Gene Kranz, Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 140.
Chapter 2. Embarking on a Great Adventure
1. Patrick J. Walsh, Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program (Armonk, N.Y: M. E. Sharpe, 2000), p. 22.
2. Ibid., p. 13.
3. Peter Bond, Heroes in Space: From Gagarin to Challenger (New York: Basil Blackwell, Inc., 1987), p. 83.
4. United Press International, Gemini; America’s Historic Walk in Space (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965), chapter 1.
5. “Gemini 4; 1st American Space Walk,” Mission History; Detailed Account of the Gemini IV Mission, May 10, 2000, <http://www/thespaceplace.com/history/Gemini/gemini04.html> (December 5, 2002).
6. Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Gemini: A Personal Account of Man’s Venture into Space (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968), pp. 86–87.
7. Ibid., p. 84.
8. Mary C. Zornio, “Detailed Biographies of Apollo I Crew—Ed White,” NASA History, February 3, 2003, <http://www.nasa .gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/zorn/white.htm> (April 11, 2003).
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
Chapter 3. A Lesson in Orbital Physics
1. Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood, “Four Days and a ‘Walk’,” On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini, n.d., <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Sp-4203/ch11-2.htm>, (April 11, 2003).
2. Timothy B. Benford and Brian Wilkes, The Space Program Quiz & Fact Book (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985), p. 53.
3. Patrick J. Walsh, Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program (Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2000), p. 15.
4. Gene Kranz, Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 137.
5. Ibid.
6. United Press International, Gemini: America’s Historic Walk in Space (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965), chapter 2.
7. Ibid.
8. Hacker and Grimwood.
9. Dr. Fred Kelly, America’s Astronauts and Their Indestructible Spirit (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, Inc., 1986), p. vii.
10. Peter Bond, Heroes in Space: From Gagarin to Challenger (New York: Basil Blackwell, Inc., 1987), p. 83.
11. Mary C. Zornio, “Detailed Biographies of Apollo I Crew—Ed White,” NASA History, February 3, 2003, <http://www.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/zorn/white.htm> (April 11, 2003).
Chapter 4. “Pride, Patriotism, and American Know-How”
1. Gene Kranz, Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 139.
2. Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood, “Four Days and a ‘Walk’,” On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini, n.d., <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Sp-4203/ch11-2.htm> (April 11, 2003).
3. David J. Shayler, Gemini: Steps to the Moon (Chichester, UK: Praxis Publishing, 2001), p. 205.
4. Ibid.
5. Peter Bond, Heroes in Space: From Gagarin to Challenger (New York: Basil Blackwell, Inc., 1987), p. 93.
6. United Press International, Gemini: America’s Historic Walk in Space (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965), chapter 4.
7. Ibid.
8. Mark Wade, Gemini 4, June 26, 2002, <http://www.astronautix.com/flights/gemini4.htm> (April 11, 2002).
9. Bond, p. 93.
10. United Press International, chapter 4.
11. Timothy B. Benford and Brian Wilkes, The Space Program Quiz & Fact Book (New York: Harper & Row, 1985), p. 23.
Chapter 5. “A Long Stride Forward”
1. United Press International, Gemini: America’s Historic Walk in Space (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965), chapter 4.
2. Peter Bond, Heroes in Space: From Gagarin to Challenger (New York: Basil Blackwell, Inc., 1987), p. 94.
3. Mary C. Zornio, “Detailed Biographies of Apollo I Crew—Ed White,” NASA History, February 3, 2003, <http://www .nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/zorn/white.htm> (April 11, 2003).
4. United Press International, chapter 4.
5. David J. Shayler, Gemini: Steps to the Moon (Chichester, UK: Praxis Publishing, 2001), p. 206.
6. Bond, p. 94.
7. Shayler, p. 338.
8. Zornio.
9. Shayler, p. 399.
10. Bond, p. 139.
11. Chris Kraft, Flight: My Life in Mission Control (New York: Dutton, 2001), pp. 305–306.
12. James Schefter, The Race: The Complete True Story of How America Beat Russia to the Moon (New York: Anchor Books, 2000), p. 286.