Space achievements in the United States in the year 1962. Atlas Missile is launched for the Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying NASA astronaut Glenn in Friendship 7. Smoke column rises. Crowd of people take photographers and watch the rocket launch. Colonel John Herschel Glenn arrives after orbiting the Earth. His wife greets and receives him. Astronauts John Herschel Glenn and Malcolm Scott Carpenter move in a motorcade followed by a ticker tape parade. Civilians gather to greet them. View of the White House. Astronaut Walter Marty Schirra being successful in making 6 orbits around the Earth. Schirra and his family visit White House to meet the U.S. President John F Kennedy.
Space achievements in the United States in the year 1962. Communication satellite Telstar is launched. Animation depicts: the signals received and the orbiting satellite. Astronauts and crew gather at the space station. Mariner Satellite is launched to Venus.
Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. A rocket in flight. It explodes. A large smoke column rises. Men work on the failure causes and inspect the damaged parts of the rocket. A sign board reads ' Goddard Space Flight Center'. Research scientists interact and discuss about space projects. Aerial view of the space center.
Space research programs by the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Animation depicts a network of tracking stations that monitor space probes on a manned satellite and astronauts in an orbit. The status and the position of space vehicles and scientific data are transmitted from the tracking stations to the mission control center. Scientists, engineers and technicians draft the data. Satellite Explorer 1 is launched. Scientists inspect a space vehicle. They demonstrate space probe Mariner 2. Missile Mariner 2 is launched to planet Venus. A satellite antenna gives signals. Men at work in the NASA control station.
Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. An orbiting solar observatory provides information about the upper atmosphere and radiations from the Sun. Echo, a passive communication satellite, in flight. It is a giant balloon that provides a surface from which radio signals are reflected. Men work over Telstar communication satellite before its launch. View of NASA's "Relay" satellite. Men draft the transferred data from Telstar. The launch of Syncom satellite. A man operates an instrument panel from a control station. Reel to reel tape deck spinning in background. Weather satellite Tiros-1. A man watches photographs of weather patterns sent by Tiros-1. Astronaut Joe Walker prepares for a manned flight. A NASA X-15 rocket powered aircraft parked at an airfield. The astronaut gets into the aircraft. The aircraft takes off attached to a Boeing B-52 for the space flight. The B-52 is NB-52A serial number 52-003, known as "The High and Mighty One." Shows aerial view at time of air-launch separation of X-15 from B-52, and ground views as the X-15 continues on its path toward sub-orbital space flight.
Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA9) from Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral on May 15, 1963. Men aboard ship recover Mercury capsule from sea and astronaut Gordon Cooper emerges from Faith 7 capsule on deck of ship, returning after his successful spaceflight with 22 orbits. Animation depicts the travel path of a rocket from the earth to the moon and the process of landing a vehicle on the moon. Narrator discusses then upcoming Project Gemini program. Astronauts in spacesuits are seen in training on Gemini capsules at NASA facility. A mock docking procedure with a Gemini capsule is shown. Next scene shows a large hangar with multiple 3-man Apollo capsules being built. A test Apollo capsule is lifted by a crane and then dropped into water as part of testing for splash down. Another Apollo capsule is tossed by crane against a solid ground surface to test results of impact.
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