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Astronaut John H Glenn Junior does the final rehearsal for the America's first manned orbital flight in Cape Canaveral.
American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Junior's does the final rehearsal for America's first manned orbital flight in Cape Canaveral. John Glenn gets ready for the final rehearsal. Officers at the controls. A missile atop a spacecraft. Glenn checks cameras and inspects the space craft. He dons a space suit. He talks with newsmen. Fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter stands near him.
Atlas missile with Mercury capsule Friendship 7 at launch pad and lift off from Cape Canaveral Florida
Atlas missile takes off with mercury capsule Friendship 7 in the United States. The missile with the capsule at a launch pad. The missile ignites. A puff of smoke is formed. The missile lifts off. The Atlas missile with Friendship 7 climbs up.
The first American orbital spaceflight carrying astronaut John Glenn, "Friendship 7", before launching to space from Cape Canaveral
NASA logo. A message scrolls from a sign saying, “Glenn ready for orbital flight”. A message scrolls through the black screen “Friendship 7”. View of Times Square across the Hotel Claridge and the iconic “Camel Man” billboard. View of London, United Kingdom across the Big Ben Tower of London. View of Paris, France. Italian vegetable market vendor peels an artichoke and talks about the American astronaut, John Glenn, and his impending take off from Cape Canaveral as the first American to orbit earth. An Arab vendor sells children’s jackets. View of Hong Kong. View of Japanese neon signs in Tokyo- a Japanese kanji character meaning “East”, and “Toshiba”. A Mexican mariachi walks in a park carrying a guitar case. Views of television sets showing news about the launch of Friendship 7- the spaceship carrying John Glenn. Close-up views of various consumer vintage black and white television sets with television screens all showing scenes about Friendship 7 preparing to launch. McDonnell engineers work in Cape Canaveral to prepare Friendship 7 for launch. Engineers jot down notes. A NASA engineer pushed some buttons. An “Astronautics” scientist observes the status of the Friendship 7.
American astronaut John Glenn puts on space suit, prelaunch activities before the launch of “Friendship 7” in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Close up view of NASA engineer. NASA engineer peers through a periscope. A row of arclights ignite to light Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14. View of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14, the launch site of Friendship 7 spacecraft. NASA engineers watch the launch from outside. Closeup of zipper on space suit closed after pressure suit fabric tucked inside. American astronaut John Glenn puts on his space helmet. View of scientist looking down as he helps John Glenn with his helmet. Scientist smokes a pipe. Scientist adjusts John Glenn’s spacesuit gloves. Scientist ties John Glenn’s glove laces. John Glenn closes his fist to make sure the gloves were securely tied. The scientist smiles. John Glenn, in his helmet, smiles back. John Glenn prepares for insertion by getting into his capsule couch mold.
Flight Controllers working at Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission Control Center before launching astronaut John Glenn on “Friendship 7”
View of Friendship 7 spacecraft orbital flight path on control center map. View of NASA flight controllers of the Mercury-Atlas 6 network at Cape Canaveral. Flight controllers are on their early generation computers (IBM 7090), making calculations and research vital to the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight. View of the board displaying the Friendship 7 flight path. Flight controller talks on headset, saying "roger CTC, Control Center is go."
American Astronaut John Glenn takes a NASA Astronaut transfer van and arrives in Mercury-Atlas 6 launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Close up view of John Glenn, wearing his spacesuit. Media reporters taking notes while they watch the astronaut information officer, who is announcing important information about the upcoming launch of Friendship 7. John Glenn, wearing his spacesuit, walking out of the hangar of Cape Canaveral, Florida and waves at military officers. John Glenn gives a short wave. Reporters observe John Glenn closely as he and an entourage of engineers board the NASA astronaut transfer van. NASA scientists and technicians, wearing white jumpsuits and work helmets, make final preparations for the launch of Friendship 7. Shadows of men against wall. View of Pad 14 in Cape Canaveral. Arclight on on Pad 14. View of Friendship 7 on Pad 14 in Cape Canaveral before launch. NASA astronaut transfer van, carrying John Glenn, approaching Pad 14 in Cape Canaveral before launch. Side view of John Glenn inside the NASA astronaut transfer van. View of NASA transfer van wall written with names of animal and human astronauts previously launched before John Glenn- Ham (the chimpanzee), (Alan) Shepard, (Virgil “Gus”) Grissom, and Enos (the chimpanzee). View of hardware inside NASA transfer van. View of NASA transfer van interior roof with “A. Shepard” stenciled. View of clock moving. View of John Glenn looking sideways. NASA transfer van with police escort entering Pad 14 before launch of Friendship 7. NASA scientists waiting for Friendship 7 to launch. NASA transfer van approaching Friendship 7. NASA staff near Pad 14 service tower. John Glenn waits inside NASA astronaut transfer van. NASA astronaut transfer van approaches near Friendship 7. NASA staff watches the launch preparation. John Glenn and entourage of scientists get off the NASA astronaut transfer van. John Glenn shakes hands with NASA employee before getting inside elevator of Pad 14 service tower. Elevator ascends the service tower of Pad 14. John Glenn and the NASA scientists inside elevator of service tower. NASA ground crew in service tower watch the elevator containing John Glenn ascend. A NASA scientist gives his colleague a pat on the back before he and his colleagues accompany John Glenn out of the elevator. Mcdonnell Aircraft Corp crew, wearing white jumpsuits assist John Glenn to enter the Friendship 7. Flag of the United States painted on Friendship 7. View of John Glenn’s eyes blinking. “United States” written on Friendship 7. View of John Glenn’s eyes before launch of friendship 7.