1 Table of Contents: “...: Sailing in and out of war -- Chapter 2: The call goes out -- Chapter 3: Narrowing the field -- Chapter 4...”

2 Table of Contents: “... -- The Fourteen -- Patience and Persistence -- "Before this decade is out" -- For some, the glory -- Appendices...”

3 Table of Contents: “... 4: Preparing for Apollo -- Chapter 5: Supporting Apollo -- Chapter 6: Before this Decade is Out...”

4 “... Mercury mission closed out a pivotal chapter in American spaceflight. Based on extensive research...”

5 “... and his spacecraft may have been lost at sea. In fact, it had been a very close call. Completely out...”