Maiden flight of the first Titan I missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. America's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) at the launch pad. Engineers and scientists make the readings. The 90 foot,2 stage ICBM being launched. Large cloud of smoke and gases around the missile. Missile moves into the space. Smoke trail seen.
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.
Testing of oral polio vaccine in Dade Country, Florida. A man fills a small glass with the new oral polio vaccine developed by Polish American virologist, Albert Bruce Sabin. Women taking their free doses of oral polio vaccine. Officers disembark from an aircraft, receive their doses of oral vaccine. A flight attendant takes her dose of oral polio vaccine. Children taking their doses of oral vaccine, enjoying the new vaccine because of its cherry flavor.
A robot jet bomber is tested by United States Air Force in Florida. At a USAF base the multi jet B-47 Stratojet bomber taxis and takes off. The bomber is under complete remote control. Operators control each stage of its flight from the base. The bomber in flight.
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.
Spaceship Gemini VII as an ambitious United Stats Space Projects launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Astronauts Frank Borman and James A Lovell Junior get ready with their space suits put on. The astronauts escorted by NASA scientists board a lift and settle in the spacecraft for a fourteen day journey in space. The Gemini VII launched from its launch pad. People watch the launching. NASA workmen repair the damages due to launching and prepare for launching of Gemini VI.
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