Men in a blockhouse during a countdown in United States. The countdown begins. A man with headphones. Men operate control panels. A missile on a launchpad. Only 49 seconds left for the missile lift-off. An engine control timer. Men with headphones look at the control panel. Countdown machine kept on the top of the engine control timer. A man looks through a periscope.
The launch of the Atlas Missile in United States. The missile on a launchpad. Smoke emitted as the ignition starts. Men in a blockhouse. The missile lift-off. Contrail left out by the missile. The missile is destroyed in the air.
The launch of the Atlas Missile in United States. The missile on a launchpad. A gantry in background. Smoke comes out from the engine. The missile lift-off. The missile moves up with a high speed. It is in flight. Contrails left out by the missile.
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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