Prospective NASA Project Mercury Astronaut Captain Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom gets on to equilibrium chair for test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctor speaks to the astronaut. Subject is seated on a chair which rotates simultaneously on two axis. He maintains the chair on an even keel by means of a control stick with and without vibration, normally and blindfolded.
Prospective NASA Project Mercury astronaut Captain Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, USAF, gets on to equilibrium chair for test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctor speaks to the astronaut. Subject is seated on a chair which rotates simultaneously on two axes. He maintains the chair on an even keel by means of a control stick with and without vibration, normally and blindfolded.
Atlas Missile 6-B, test number 1512, ready to launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The missile takes off from launch pad. Atlas Missile 6-B in flight as it advances upward.
Atlas Missile 6-B launched, test number 1512 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Missile on the launch pad ready to launch. Huge explosion as Atlas Missile 6-B explodes during its flight. (Note: This missile suffered a turbopump bearing failure 80 seconds after launch, resulting in loss of thrust followed by pitch-down and vehicle breakup. The Air Force quickly replaced the turbopumps in their stock of Atlas and Thor missiles with an improved model.)
Atlas Missile 6-B's launch, test number 1512 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Missile takes off from launch pad. Atlas Missile 6-B in flight.
Atlas Missile 6-B's launch, test number 1512 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Missile takes off from launch pad. Missile service structure next to the launch site. Smoke around the launch pad after missile takes off.
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