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Step and tilt table physical testing of Mercury candidate Astronaut Harold W Christian at Wright-Patterson AFB lab.

Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut, Harold W Christian undergoes Harvard step and tilt table test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctor checks subject's pulse and blood pressure. Harold Christian, wearing Converse All Stars high top shoes, steps 20 inches to a platform once every two seconds. After some minutes, when cued by the medical staff watching, he stops stepping and immediately lies on a backward inclined table (for 25 minutes to measure ability of the heart to compensate for body in an unusual position for an extended time). Medical personnel monitor his vital signs as he is on the inclined table.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023416
Astronaut James Wood undergoes an Equilibrium test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut, James Wood undergoes an Equilibrium test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Subject gets on to the equilibrium chair. 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.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023417
Lieutenant John H Glenn undergoes centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut, Lieutenant John H Glenn undergoes centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Subject gets into the centrifuge chamber and lies down in horizontal position.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023418
Lieutenant Malcolm S Carpenter undergoes centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut, Lieutenant Malcolm S Carpenter undergoes centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Subject lies down in horizontal position inside the centrifuge chamber.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023419
Mercury astronaut M. Scott Carpenter undergoes centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut Lieutenant M. Scott Carpenter, USN, undergoes centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Subject gets inside centrifuge chamber and lies down in horizontal position.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023420
Project Mercury evaluation board representatives in a meeting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

NASA Project Mercury Evaluation board representatives from each of the sections evaluate test reports on the Prospective Project Mercury astronaut subject's performance at conclusion of each week. In the background is a tally board of all astronaut test candidates which shows scores from individual sections. Members in the meeting include Dr David Trites; Captain George Roof, psychiatrist; Captain Ed Wise, Respiration section; Dr Doug Talbott; Captain Evan Lindberg, Acceleration; Captain Joseph Gold, Environment Section; Charlie Clouser, civilian from Anthropology and Captain Charles Wilson. Lt Colonel W R Turner monitors the meeting.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023421