X-15,at Edwards Air Force Base in California, immediately after landing from its first high powered flight. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield in cockpit still wearing flight gear, helmet and oxygen mask. Officials and ground crew surround the cockpit. One helps Crossfield remove his helmet and mask. Yellow vans and red fire truck in the background. A man takes a picture of the pilot. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield walks with an unlit cigarette in his mouth.
Start of first high-powered flight mission of X-15. Pilot Scott Crossfield mounts steps aside B-52 and enters cockpit of X-15 fastened under its wing. Others help him to strap in and fasten his helmet.
Piasecki H-21 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Piasecki H-21 helicopter hovers over runway.
Technicians look at remains of X-15-3 and its XLR-99 engine after explosion on test stand at Edwards Air Force Base. Various equipment kept on a ground. A cockpit of X-15. Ladder on either side of X-15. Technicians look at XLR-99 engine which looks completely destroyed. Front part of X-15 fuselage still intact.
Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program, in United States. A rocket on a gantry. A sign reads 'United'. Technicians work on a spacecraft. They work on the Redstone MR-2. A ladder in the background. A technician works on a part of the rocket. Different control systems in the spacecraft. Technicians work on different parts of it. A man tests a part of the spacecraft.
Project Mercury program by NASA in United States. Trainees with chimpanzees. A chimpanzee couch. Technicians watch controls as they test a spacecraft in a test chamber. U.S. Air Force airplane delivers the spacecraft to the test center. Men stand in a group and talk. The spacecraft is towed with a tug. A chimpanzee on a couch is taken out from a van. The spacecraft is suspended over altitude chamber prior to the test. A chimpanzee named Ham is taken to the test chamber. It is placed in the spacecraft. Technicians work in a control room. The door to altitude chamber is closed. The chimpanzee in a couch container. Technicians inspect the spacecraft and an impact bag.