Suit-up, launch, orbit, recovery, and post-flight events on February 20, 1962
Color NASA footage follows astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, Friendship 7, on February 20, 1962. The mission made Glenn the first American to orbit Earth. The material proceeds from preparations at Cape Canaveral through the flight and Atlantic recovery, followed by public events after his return. The source image retains visible period film grain, and the preview contains a burned-in file code and timecode. Courtesy NASA Kennedy Space Center.
Scenes include Glenn putting on his silver Mercury pressure suit and helmet with technicians assisting; the suit-up room and analog equipment; rainy nighttime views of Cape facilities, illuminated roads, vehicles, and the Atlas-Mercury launch vehicle; a countdown clock, gantry, service structure, and launch-pad personnel; Glenn seated and strapped inside Friendship 7; capsule controls and instrument panels; launch, booster cutoff, and escape-tower separation; views of Earth's limb and cloud cover from orbit; Glenn operating the capsule's manual fly-by-wire controls; Mercury Control consoles, headsets, logs, wall displays, and monitors; the capsule being lifted aboard a recovery ship; Glenn with U.S. Navy personnel; homecoming crowds and a motorcade; and Glenn addressing a joint session of Congress beneath American flags.
This 17:00 full-length color master preserves the original 1962 NASA footage for documentary, editorial, educational, and research use.
Specifications: Color, ProRes 422, 720x480p, 23.98fps
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