NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard walks up to and enters MASTIF (Instrument panel procedures trainer). He adjusts his helmet.
NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard talks with John Glenn. Alan Shepard enters MASTIF (Instrument panel procedures trainer). Shepard inside trainer operates controls. He talks over headset and exits the trainer.
NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard enters ALFA trainer. Another Astronaut helps him strap up. Alan Shepard lies in horizontal position. He operates controls as trainer maneuvers.
NASA Astronauts Alan Shepard, Virgil Grissom and Donald Slyton, wearing shorts, play handball
The launch of SM-65A Atlas missile, test number 449, takes place from the Air Force Missile test Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Close views of the missile taking off and fire and smoke from rocket boosters.
The ICBM suborbital test launch of Atlas missile 11A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,Florida, United States. After ignition, the missile sits awhile with rocket engine burning, on launch pad LC-12, before it begins its ascent. Camera tracks it during climb until only the fire from its burning rocket engine is still visible. At TC: 02:17 the rocket emits a large plume of fiery smoke that trails it. The camera continues to track the rocket which begins to exhibit an unsteady track, as it falls. At TC:03:41, the rocket explodes and vanishes from view. The failure was attributed to a short in the vernier feedback transducer which resulted in loss of control, followed by engine shutdown due to a propellant leak. The missile broke up 126 seconds after launch.
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