Start of first high-powered flight mission of X-15. Pilot Scott Crossfield mounts steps aside B-52 and enters cockpit of X-15 fastened under its wing. Others help him to strap in and fasten his helmet.
Piasecki H-21 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Piasecki H-21 helicopter hovers over runway.
Technicians look at remains of X-15-3 and its XLR-99 engine after explosion on test stand at Edwards Air Force Base. Various equipment kept on a ground. A cockpit of X-15. Ladder on either side of X-15. Technicians look at XLR-99 engine which looks completely destroyed. Front part of X-15 fuselage still intact.
Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program, in United States. A rocket on a gantry. A sign reads 'United'. Technicians work on a spacecraft. They work on the Redstone MR-2. A ladder in the background. A technician works on a part of the rocket. Different control systems in the spacecraft. Technicians work on different parts of it. A man tests a part of the spacecraft.
Project Mercury program by NASA in United States. Trainees with chimpanzees. A chimpanzee couch. Technicians watch controls as they test a spacecraft in a test chamber. U.S. Air Force airplane delivers the spacecraft to the test center. Men stand in a group and talk. The spacecraft is towed with a tug. A chimpanzee on a couch is taken out from a van. The spacecraft is suspended over altitude chamber prior to the test. A chimpanzee named Ham is taken to the test chamber. It is placed in the spacecraft. Technicians work in a control room. The door to altitude chamber is closed. The chimpanzee in a couch container. Technicians inspect the spacecraft and an impact bag.
Project Mercury program in United States. A Redstone MR-2 rocket is unloaded from the military air transport. It is towed with a tug and is taken to a hangar for service where technicians work on it. It is taken out of the hangar and is raised up to the level of a gantry. The rocket is tied to a rope and men pull the rope to raise the rocket. The rocket at the gantry. Men stand around it. Technician work on a spacecraft. A sign reads 'United States'. The technicians take pictures of the spacecraft. It is brought near the rocket. The spacecraft is hooked and pulled up. A sign reads 'Danger Explosive Installed'. Technicians talk and look up. Men on the gantry. A technicians looks into a book . The spacecraft is attached to a rocket by the technicians.
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