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Mercury Atlas 7 space flight by the United States astronaut Scott Carpenter, from Cape Canaveral.

Covers successful space mission of Mercury Atlas 7 with astronaut Scott Carpenter out of Cape Canaveral Florida. U.S. astronaut Scott Carpenter prepares for space flight. Crew men help Carpenter to don the space suit. He walks to a transfer van. He disembarks from the van and gets into an elevator to climb to the 11th floor to the Aurora 7 capsule level. Operators at the controls await the launch of the rocket. Launch: Mercury Atlas 7 (MA-7) ignition and blast off, carrying Astronaut Scott Carpenter in the Aurora 7 capsule. The Aurora 7 capsule is released. The capsule completes three successful orbits around the earth. The capsule does not fire properly and lands 250 miles beyond the target area at a sea. The radio contact is disrupted. Then faint signals are heard and the rescue crew reaches the destination. The rescue crew jumps from a helicopter and helps in evacuating Carpenter from the sea.

Date: 1962, May 24
Duration: 5 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055842
U.S. Vice President Lyndon B Johnson and John Glenn at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Florida

U.S. Vice President Lyndon B Johnson with astronaut John Glenn in Florida after he successfully orbited the earth.Officials and employees stand on either side of road to greet John Glenn and Vice President Johnson. NASA hangar in the background. VC-137 aircraft lands Patrick Air Force Base. NASA emblem on a stand. Astronaut John Glenn, accompanied by his wife, Annie and their children, David and Carolyn, walks with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. John Glenn is besieged by photographers. Lyndon B. Johnson with John Glenn and his wife in a car. Men stand around them to take pictures and John Glenn gives out autographs. An enthusiastic crush of admirers.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034003
A gantry, a blockhouse and sign boards at a missile test center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A sign reads: "Atlantic Missile Range, Pershing Launch Area No. 30, Army Ballistic Missile Agency". A missile hangar. Views of a gantry and a blockhouse. Signs read "Cape Canaveral". " Patrick AFB", "Welcome to Cocoa Beach, Space Capital USA", "Atlantic Missile Range, Station No. 1, Air Force Missile Test Center".

Date: 1960, February 25
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072130
U.S. President John F. Kennedy with John Glenn at a ceremony at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, in Florida.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy with an American astronaut John Glenn in Florida after Glenn successfully orbited the earth in the NASA Friendship 7 mission. Welcoming formation of troops moves away from the President's aircraft (Boeing 707, Air Force designation: VC-137C). Color Guard marches holding flag of United states. The President's plane taxis out for takeoff, blowing up a wind.. Camera man on top of a car. An orange helicopter flies across the field. Photographers and newsmen stand on top of a van with a camera. Officials at the port. John F. Kennedy with John Glenn in a motorcade. They arrive at stage in front of building where sign reads: "Spacecraft Center." President Kennedy and John Glenn climb up the stairs of a stage. John Glenn and wife, Annie, sit beside the President. Officials and employees applaud. John Glenn speaks into the microphone. A United States Spacecraft sits on the ground near the stage. President Kennedy makes a few remarks. Afterwards, the President, Astronaut Glenn, and Annie Glenn, together enter a building labeled: "NASA."

Date: 1962, February
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034001
Technicians prepare the space capsule before launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Technicians prepare the space capsule for launch. United States flag. United States written on space capsule. Space capsule named as 'Aurora 7'. Lieutenant Commander John Glenn talks on telephone. Technicians make adjustments to space capsule.

Date: 1962, May 24
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024561
Prelaunch activities of Mercury Atlas 6 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Goddard space flight center. NASA launch team personnel seated in mission control center. Officials talk on headsets. Signs on world map. Technicians stand outside space capsule and assist John Glenn. 'United States' Written and The U.S. flag sign on space capsule. Sunset. Officials in mission control room talk on headsets. Closeup view of face of Astronaut Glenn in helmet. Mercury Atlas-6. 'United States' written on spacecraft. Service structure moves away from Mercury Atlas 6.

Date: 1962, February 20
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024639