Astronaut Alan Shepard in procedure trainer, he operates it. He talks on headsets. John Glenn at test control panels talks on headsets. Astronaut Alan Shepard exits the procedure trainer. Technicians operate consoles. Astronaut Shepard and technicians talk. Alan Shepard reenters into trainer. Inside the trainer.
Mercury-Redstone 4 launching in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Coverage of Mercury Redstone-4 from high speed tracking camera. Spacecraft in flight. Mercury-Redstone 4 carries astronaut Captain Virgil Grissom in a sub-orbital flight. Smoke from spacecraft. Mercury 4 goes away.
Preparation for launching of Friendship 7 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Television monitors in mission control room. Countdown status and standard time displayed. NASA launch team members on giant machine. They note down readings of different time zone. They test the readiness of launch and wait for one supreme moment. A man set the frequencies. Team members work on machine and talk on headsets. An American on manned machine. Gantry of spacecraft.
Astronaut John Glenn puts on Mercury pressure suit for piloting the spacecraft 'Friendship 7' in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A technician assists to Glenn in donning of helmet and gloves. A man smokes cigar. Glenn's face in helmet and he smiles. He leaves the Hangar and arrives to launch pad. Alan Shepard and Grissom tested the Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn gets into couch mold to orbit the world. Signs on board. Flight controllers seated in room and work on machine at Mercury control center. A Controller talks on headset. Sign shows flight of spacecraft around the world.
Cape Canaveral, Florida. At station 2, Mercury network proceeds for countdown. A man at Mercury tracking station at Bermuda gets printouts. He gives it to a woman. Men seated at tracking station center and working on machines. A man notes down readings from giant machines and gets the information from Friendship 7. Engineers and scientists work on machine and talk on headsets. Signs over world map on wall.
Mercury control stations all over world. USAF Rose Knot at sea. At rose knot station: a man on machine, official communicates with Friendship 7. Men at work. People with camel carts outside the station at Canary Islands. At Kano station, people work on transmitting station. At Muchea station, officials talk on headphones, an official smokes cigar. Rotating Earth. Satellite dish. Men, operating control panel at station and talking on headset at Canton Island and Hawaii. Officials work on giant machine at Mexico. In California, men are ready to track John Glenn. In Texas, officials talk on headsets. Personnel operate station at Corpus Christi. In Cape Canaveral, two men control the space flight of Mercury. An official gets printout. Official transmits the information on transmitters Officials on giant machine to Mercury control.
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