Cape Canaveral Florida USA 1962 stock video footage and royalty free HD video clips and photos.(page 6).

John Glenn gets ready and prelaunch activities for launching of 'Friendship 7' in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Astronaut John Glenn puts on Mercury pressure suit for piloting the spacecraft 'Friendship 7' in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A technician assists to Glenn in donning of helmet and gloves. A man smokes cigar. Glenn's face in helmet and he smiles. He leaves the Hangar and arrives to launch pad. Alan Shepard and Grissom tested the Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn gets into couch mold to orbit the world. Signs on board. Flight controllers seated in room and work on machine at Mercury control center. A Controller talks on headset. Sign shows flight of spacecraft around the world.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA

Date: 1962, February 20

Duration: 3 min 45 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675024635

Engineers and scientists at track station center get information of 'Friendship 7' in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Cape Canaveral, Florida. At station 2, Mercury network proceeds for countdown. A man at Mercury tracking station at Bermuda gets printouts. He gives it to a woman. Men seated at tracking station center and working on machines. A man notes down readings from giant machines and gets the information from Friendship 7. Engineers and scientists work on machine and talk on headsets. Signs over world map on wall.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA

Date: 1962, February 20

Duration: 1 min 31 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675024636

John Glenn's arrival from hangar to Mercury Atlas 6 launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Departure of John Glenn from hangar in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Pilot of Friendship 7, John Glenn's face in helmet. John Powers speaks as John Glenn prepares to leave. Headlights of the NASA transfer van waiting to take John Glenn to the launch pad. John Glenn leaves hangar and get into the NASA transfer van. The NASA transfer van is driven towards the Mercury Atlas 6 launch pad. Views of Glenn inside the transfer van. Walls inside the transfer van include signs that read 'Shepard and Grissom express' and 'A. Shepard.' At the launch pad, John Glenn leaves the NASA transfer van and enters the launch pad elevator with technicians. They go to top of gantry. The U.S. flag symbol and the words 'United States' and 'Friendship 7' seen on the space capsule. Misson Control then asks Padleader Guenter F. Wendt if he and the astronaut are ready for Glenn's insertion into the capsule, to which the "roger" reply is given. John Glenn gets into space capsule with the help of the white room technicians.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA

Date: 1962, February 20

Duration: 5 min 30 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Color

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675024638

Transporter carries Mercury Atlas 8 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Mercury Atlas 8 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Transporter carries Mercury Atlas 8. Transporter driven. Officials and personnel talk. Officials climb staircase holding the project Mercury emblem sticker. Emblem of project Mercury on Mercury Atlas 8. Emblem displayed.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA

Date: 1962, October 3

Duration: 2 min 18 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675024642