Herget, Paul, 1908-
The first astronauts: Second Dirk Brouwer Memorial Prize Lecture delivered before the American Astronomical Society at the University of Maryland, 1980.
A reminiscence of Herget's years in the space program, beginning in 1955. Herget discusses his association with the Mercury project and the development of the rocket itself in some technical detail.
Astronomer.
Herget, Paul, 1908-
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Employees.
Project Mercury (U. S.)
Astronomers -- Biography.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Space probes.
Space sciences -- United States.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Technological aspects.
Physics
Reminiscences. aat
Astronomers lcsh
AIP-ICOS
Dirk Brouwer Memorial Prize.
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA