Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut Captain Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, USAF, gets on to equilibrium chair for test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctor speaks to the astronaut. Subject is seated on a chair which rotates simultaneously on two axes. He maintains the chair on an even keel by means of a control stick with and without vibration, normally and blindfolded.
Atlas Missile 5C's launch, test number 251, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Missile launches from launch pad and advances upward.
Atlas Missile 5C's launch, test number 251, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Missile launches from launch pad and advances upward. Fire and smoke on ground after missile takes off.
Atlas Missile 5C's launch, test number 251, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Night scene of Atlas Missile 5C taking off from launch pad. Fire and smoke on ground after missile takes off.
Atlas Missile 5C's launch, test number 251, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Night scene of Atlas Missile 5C taking off from launch pad. The Missile advances upward after its launch. (Note: This was the third C-series Atlas test. The fuel staging disconnect valve did not close properly at booster section separation, which led to loss of fuel tank pressure and rupture of the intermediate bulkhead. The missile destroyed itself at T+172 seconds.)
Men standing on gantry crane work on Atlas Missile 5C at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Two technicians on ground, converse with each other. One of them speaks over phone. Men talk during break with Missile in the background. Technicians draw diagram on a paper and discuss.
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