Mercury 3

About this film

The Mercury 3 mission. The audio files are named as per their original historical audio reel number at the NASA historical audio vault. Information listed below is the sum-total of data on these reels. INFORMATION ON THE AUDIO FILES: 411-AAG: 5/05/1961, Commentary. Starts at T-1:00. 548-AAG: 5/05/1961, Onboard Voice, Shepard, Capcom, Flight Director Loop mixed 549-AAG: 2/20/1962, Countdown / Shepard. Runs T-170 min through T-130 min. 3295: 2/20/1962, Onboard Air-to-Ground voice track. MISSION INFORMATION: MR-3 Freeedom 7 Pad LC-5 () Redstone (5) Crew: Alan B. Shepard, Jr (1) Milestones: 4/18/61 - 1st Launch Simulation at pad 5/05/61 - Launch Payload: Spacecraft No. 7, Launch Vehicle MR-7 Mission Objective: The main scientific objective of project Mercury was to determine man's capabilities in a space environment and in those environments to which he will be subject upon going into and returning from space. A few of the basic flight problems included: The development of an automatic escape system, vehicle control during insertion, behavior of space systems, evaluation of pilots capabilities in space, in flight monitoring, retrofire and reentry maneuvers and landing and recovery. Lau…

Directors & creators

NASA

Subjects

NASA; Mercury 3, Mercury Audio Collection

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