Launch of the first Minuteman missile No. 401 at 1100 hours EST (Eastern Standard Time) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Coverage of the programmed flight of the Minuteman missile shows first stage burning, separation of the first and the second stages, ignition of the second and the third stages and burnout of the third stage.
The countdown above the Mercury Space Flight Network (MSFN) plot board at the NASA command center shows 22 minutes left before liftoff. Mercury-Atlas 6 personnel working behind monitors before the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6). The Mercury Space Flight Network (MSFN) plot board at the command center shows the positions of 18 ground tracking stations and two ships in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans to close gaps between ground stations. A NASA employee wearing headphones working in the command center.