The Monkeys Able and Baker's tour to outer space from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Rhesus monkey Able and Squirrel monkey Baker in the space suits. Scientists place the monkeys aboard the nosecone of the Jupiter missile. Scientists make the preparation and the missile is launched. The monkeys travel for 300 miles in space. The nose cone is recovered at sea. Monkeys are taken out of the cone. A press conference organized at the headquarters of NASA for the space monkeys.
Welcome of U.S. NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The fourth U.S. astronaut to probe the outer space and the second man to orbit the earth, astronaut Scott Carpenter disembarks from a plane. His wife and children welcome and greet him at an airport. He waves at the civilians as his motorcade moves through the streets. At the Manned Spacecraft Center other members of the Project Mercury team gather. Astronaut Carpenter receives the Space Distinguished Medal. He addresses journalists at a press conference organized in his home town Boulder, Colorado. At the conference he elaborates on the details of the flight.
A missile launch in the United States. An X-17 R-25 missile, designed to study aerothermodynamics of reentry into the atmosphere, is fired from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. The missile spins around slowly during its ascent, its four large tail fins visible. Various views of the missile in flight.
Launching of a Martin Marietta MGM-31 Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Atlantic Missile Range, Pershing Launch Area No. 30, Army Ballistic Missile Agency). Interior of a blockhouse. Technicians at various instrument control panels. The Pershing missile is launched. The technicians work in the blockhouse.
Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Technicians look at the launching pad after the firing of the missile. A gantry is pulled back from the missile. The Pershing missile on the launching pad. The technicians at instrument panels during the countdown. The blockhouse window as the Pershing missile is fired.
Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Pershing missile is fired and it goes up vertically. It travels past the clouds in the sky.
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