Mercury-Atlas 7 - Historical Footage, Full Mission, Narration, HD - Scott Carpenter - Aurora 7
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- Documentary about the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, entirely based on historical narration, mission audio and footage. The full mission is covered, showing crew, training, launch, orbit reentry and splashdown.
Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth human to fly in space.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Crew and Training
06:20 Mission Objectives
09:52 Launch Preparations
15:43 Mercury-Atlas 7 Launch
20:34 Orbit 1
25:20 Orbit 2
26:40 Orbit 3
27:12 Retrofire and Reentry
31:30 Splashdown and Recovery
37:20 Scott Carpenter Postflight Remarks
39:56 Mission Results
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The footage was AI upscaled (Topaz AI) on some segments, besides the usual color correction. Ambient audio was recreated based on historical elements. Sequences are shown in proper mission context as much as possible.
Historical narration (from mission commentary, NASA documentaries and progress reports, and TV and radio broadcasts sourced from LM5 are used in an attempt to capture the feeling of the times. Language and attitudes should be seen in that context.
Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.
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I watched the launch of MA-7 on 24 May 1962. I never saw this footage before. Thanks for posting it.
Great job, Where I live most people are unaware of the numerous test flights conducted before the successful landing of Apollo 11.
I would say unfamiliar, even the most devote APOLLO member believes the first space flight. But Some know nothing about incredible #8 & #10.
Scott was the only multi-engine pilot among the elite cadre of veteran jet pilots, and it was whispered that he didn't volunteer for the space program, his dynamic and attractive wife did. Scott was just glad to be around, and was physically fit to an amazing degree. But he screwed up his own Mercury flight by joyriding, not paying enough attention to the job, missing his retrofire cue and splashing down several hundred miles from the target area. It became pretty obvious that Scott would never fly in space again. ( Gene Cernan)
The facials of those seen during the post-flight video section do seem to convey an unspoken attitude that is not bonhomie
Facials? Were they having spa beauty treatments?
I understand what you are saying, a little culture is helpful, kind of like Body Language of #11; they had fresh happy faces on ship, was after Debriefing in Conference that underlying uncomfort.
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Chris Kraft after this flight made sure that Scott Carpenter never flew in space again.
Yes, Carpenter seemed to come across as kind of a loose cannon in space. Can't have it.
@@mikeburch2998 Carpenter shouldn't get the total blame. There were too many experiments scheduled (think Apollo 7), and there was far too much effort spent by the ground having Carpenter working on the balloon experiment, which I have always felt, had little to no scientific or engineering value and wasted too much thruster fuel.
The whole APOLLO program was a loose canon, Authorities dont want to repeat the huge risking taken back then, many steps to reproduce that feat.
He was the only Merc Astro to come up through the nose of the spacecraft and get into his life raft. To me in the middle of the ocean a pretty daunting accomplishment.
Carpenter's performance in space was the subject of criticism and controversy. However, then problems occurred and Kraft wrote in his 2001 memoir "He was completely ignoring our request to check his instruments... I swore an oath that Scott Carpenter would never again fly in space."[50] Kraft went so far as to name the chapter of his memoirs dealing with Carpenter's flight The Man Malfunctioned. [51]
I vunder ver Wherner vent?
Vorking on those upgraded Vonder Veapons. I guess V3 (aka Saturn vehicle).
After this mission, the soviets struck again with the first dual flights of Vostok 3 (flown by Andrian Nikoleyev) and Vostok 4 (flown by Pavel Popovich). These two flights were launched within 24hrs of each other and passed within several miles of each other and they were able to talk to each other by radio. This proved that rendezvous with two spacecraft was possible and both missions ended with 15minutes of each other and were given a hero's welcome in Moscow.
Source: Russian Space Web- The Dual Flights of Vostok 3 and 4
several MILES if proof of Rendezvous connection? You a school teacher?