One of the NASA Project Mercury Astronauts during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base. Astronauts in the Project Mercury program included Virgil Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra Alan Shepard.
32nd Academy awards in Los Angeles, California. Cars arrive at RKO Pantages Theater, Hollywood. Janet Curtis announces Best Story and Screenplay awards presented to Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin for Pillow Talk. Award for Best Actor presented to Charlton Heston for Ben-Hur by an actress. Rock Hudson announces nominees for Best Actress and presents the award to Simone Signoret for Room at the Top.
Olympic trials in California, United States. Athletes compete to make it to the Rome Olympics as they participate in sprints, pole vault and high jump. Don Bragg sets a new record in pole vault of 15 feet 9 and a quarter inches. In high jump John Thomas sets a new record.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. A ladder near the aircraft. Crewmen help a pilot with a portable oxygen equipment as he climbs into the cockpit. The aircraft is pushed out of the hangar by a truck. 'US Air Force' and '66714' painted on the aircraft. An Auxiliary Power Unit ( APU ) truck backs up to the aircraft. Crewmen unroll and hook up a flexible hose to the aircraft. The pilot in the cockpit. A red light blinks on and off. A crewman rewinds the hose. Insignia '4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing' and '66714' on the tail. Rear wheels and outrigger gear under the right wing. The crew chief on a ladder beside the aircraft. He gets down. The right wing tip, skid and rear landing gear. The crew chief closes the canopy and removes the ladder. The aircraft taxis from the ramp onto a runway. A crewman removes the safety pin from the outrigger gear. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States with its drag parachute deployed. A crewman places an outrigger gear under the left wing. 'United States Air Force' and '66714' painted on the aircraft. The aircraft taxis on a runway. An aircraft lands and taxis at the air force base.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft taxis and takes off from Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The aircraft in flight. Clouds in the sky.
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