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View of Atlas Missile 3D from a high angle as it leaves a trail of fire and smoke after its launch at Cape Canavera

Atlas Missile 3D launched from launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Missile launched leaving a trail of fire and smoke after its launch.

Date: 1959, April 14
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023380
Project Mercury astronaut candidate Deke Slayton undergoes psychological and stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Future Project Mercury astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton undergoes psychological and stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Astronaut undergoes a treadmill test. Subject walks at a constant rate on a moving treadmill which is elevated one degree each minute. The test continues until heart beat reaches 180 beats per minute.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023381
Project Mercury astronaut candidate Hal R. Crandall rides Equilibrium Chair at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Lt. Hal R. Crandall, USN, undergoes equilibrium and vibration stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He must keep the chair upright while blind-folded, and the chair vibrates at a high-frequency.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023382
Doctors take Project Mercury astronaut candidate Hal Christian's pulse and blood pressure at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohi

NASA Project Mercury candidate Major Hal W. Christian Jr., USAF undergoes physical testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctors measure candidate's pulse and blood pressure before he undergoes a test on the Tilt Table which is visible on the right hand side of the photo.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023383
Doctors examine Project Mercury astronaut candidate James W. Wood 's pulse and blood pressure at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

NASA Project Mercury candidate Captain James W. Wood, USAF, undergoes psychological and stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Doctors measure candidate's pulse and blood pressure before and after a "Flack" test. The subject must blow continuously into a tube to maintain a column of mercury at a specified level for as long as possible.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023384
Project Mercury astronaut Hal Christian undergoes treadmill testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Major Hal W. Christian, Jr., USAF, undergoes psychological and stress test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Astronaut undergoes a treadmill test. Subject walks at a constant rate on a moving treadmill which is elevated one degree each minute. The test continues till heart beat reaches 180 beats per minute. Subject sits on a stool in between the tests.

Date: 1959, February
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023385