Pre launch activities of Redstone Mercury (MR) 3 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. MR-3 in gantry early in the morning. MR-3 on pad, gantry moves back. Ignition left out by the engine. MR-3 climbing and in flight. Contrails from the MR-3. MR-3 climbs at high speed and in flight.
Pre launch activities of Redstone Mercury (MR) 3 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. MR-3 on entry early in the morning. MR-3 lift-off, climb and in flight. Contrail comes out from MR-3. MR-3 in flight during America's first manned space flight.
Pre launch activities of Redstone Mercury (MR) 3 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Men with cameras track the flight of MR-3. Crowd reacts while they look MR-3 in flight. The crowd looks up. Press personnel take pictures. A man smokes and look from the camera. A man with headphones looks at the flight of MR-3. A sign reads 'NBC WESH TV'. A man on a type writer. A woman writes about MR-3 flight. A man with cap seated on a chair writes. Women look at MR-3 with binoculars. A man sits on a chair.
Pre launch activities of Redstone Mercury (MR) 3 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. . Press personnel with cameras look at MR-3. A man with binocular looks at the MR-3 in flight. Crowd reacts during lift-off. Men look up in sky. Cars parked in the background. A tower in the background. Crowd across pad area during pre launch.
Launch of Redstone Mercury (MR) 3 in Cape Canaveral Florida . MR-3 in gantry. MR-3 climb and in flight. MR-3 in flight. Contrail comes out from MR-3. MR-3 in flight and contrail stops. This was the first United States human spaceflight and was piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard.
Atlas 130D rocket on a transporter in Cape Canaveral Florida. The missile on a transporter backs up on a ramp to complex 14 and it is then attached to a launcher. Two men walk along with the transporter and direct it. A man looks back from the door of the transporter. A sign reads 'United States'. Technicians on missile work on a machine. The transporter in front of a gantry. Major Gordon L. Cooper climbs up steps to a launchpad and watches the erection of Atlas 130D with General Dynamics officials and C. Flower. Major Cooper talks to C. Flower. The missile in the background. Atlas 130D being erected in the gantry for use in NASA Mercury Atlas MA-9 mission. An elevator goes up the gantry. Technicians stand on the gantry
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