A statue silhouetted against the sky in Champaign, Illinois. A point of light which appears to be an unidentified flying object flies across the sky at great speed.
Naval Air Development Center projects building. Centrifuge passes overhead. Technician in control room looks through a large window out to centrifuge. Centrifuge arm in motion around room. Centrifuge stops. Centrifuge arm stopped at control room platform. Doors open and two technicians step from centrifuge. Technicians open centrifuge door and enter. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard leaves centrifuge. Doctor peels tape from Astronaut's body after run. Technician takes air-foam cushion into centrifuge. Captain DK Slayton assisted in dressing room with flight suit. Astronaut Slayton puts on helmet. Mike hooked to helmet. Captain Deke Slayton seated in centrifuge. Captain waits for run. Centrifuge starts to whirl around room. Technicians in control room. Centrifuge turns on boom. Astronaut during G-force run. Machine slows down and astronaut relaxes. Doctor checks instruments in control room. Astronaut's heart beat on oscilloscope during run.
Astronaut Alan Shepard of the United States Navy, during his centrifuge run, for astronaut training and testing. Various instruments attached to his helmet and on to parts of his body.
Astronaut training and testing: Astronaut John Glenn Junior approaches the centrifuge gondola and takes his seat. Various instruments attached to his helmet and onto parts of his suit during the centrifuge run.
NASA Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn Junior seated in the centrifuge gondola during its run for astronaut training and testing. Various instruments attached to his helmet and onto parts of his body.
Astronaut John Glenn Junior seated in the centrifuge gondola during astronaut training and testing run. Various instruments attached to his helmet and onto parts of his body.
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