Always thought it was great how Australians turned on all of the lights in their homes, in the middle of the night their time, to give Glenn a nice visual welcome.
That grainy b&w view brings me back. I used to sit on the living room floor for hours staring at our 19” tv and waiting for those Mercury/Atlas launches. Seemed as though they took ages to launch. There’d be “holds” and delays galore, launches would be scrubbed and postponed... for a 4 year old kid, it was worse than waiting for Christmas.
At 22:53, Mercury Control says "You have a go at least seven orbits." Some people after hearing this have concluded that the original mission was supposed to go for seven orbits but was cut to three orbits. This myth was told in the movie (not the book) "The Right Stuff" and in the movie "Hidden Figures", In fact, this mission, and the following mission of Scott Carpenter, were designed to make three orbits. The reference to seven orbits only meant that the trajectory reached by the spacecraft was accurate enough that it would stay up for at least seven orbits.
How odd to hear this again since I listened as a child when it actually happened. As an adult pilot it now seems so unsophisticated and naive; it is absolutely charming to hear the newness and wonderment in the voices of Glenn and the trackers and controllers. No one really knew what was going to happen but they obviously did their homework and were exquisitely prepared. If it seems dry and formal to some, we have only to remember that this was done in full view of the public in real time- as befits a free people. The fact that there was a simple explanation for the little specks of brilliant light was ultimately humorous; the decision to not tell Glenn about the airbag deployment indication less so. But even though he came back early because of it, they had nothing to apologize for: the American People clearly backed a winner.
I was in second grade. We went into the hallway at school and sat on the floor in rows to watch this live on a black and white 24" TV on a rolling stand. I was smitten with what was going on. We all were so taken up in this. My parents gave me a globe with Mr. Glenn's orbits traced out on it.
A mirror image of my experience too, including the TV on rollers. An exciting time when the future's potential was overflowing with both possibilities and promises.
LM5, thank you so so much for all of your work! I'm studying to be a history teacher, and I can definitely see myself showing excerpts of your videos to my classes when we cover the space race and Cold War.
These uploads are so good, they bring tears to my eyes! I was a space-struck boy during the Sixties -- still my favourite period for space missions -- and I can't thank you enough, lunarmodule5. You make a middle-aged Englishman very happy.
Love the background chatter. It tells some of the story of the hard work and attention to detail that had to go into manned space for its first 15 years.
This is just a spine-tingling thing - thanks so much for making it. You can easily imagine yourself in Glenn's place as the first American to orbit - and really, the first actual astronaut, who was in charge of his craft and in constant contact with the ground recording his experiences. Gagarin was just a passenger, no disrespect, but IMO the space race was over as soon as Glenn completed this flight. The Russians pulled a couple of stunts but they had no real goal, and did not have the technical know-how to implement a global tracking network and the sophisticated on-board electronics that was already present in Mercury.
Actually wrong on most points. The USSR did not have global tracking due to politics. They had many space firsts, including manned missions, probes to the moon, first life forms to go around the moon and return, first probes to land on other planets, first spacewalk, moon rovers, and then a long series of space stations and pioneering on-orbit living. At the time the ISS construction began, the soviet had over 6000 manned days in space, compared to the US 70 something. The soviet spacecraft were in many ways more sophisticated, containing a much greater level of automation, all built on a fraction of the US's budget. No disrespect, but to think glenns flight (not much more complex than the one previously carried out by a chimp) wins the space race just indicates you've no idea what tthe soviets achieved, or how. It was not until the gemini program that the US began to display a lead. Most people think the space race ended at the moon and nothing else happened, but the soviets went on to lead in modular space station construction for two decades before the US, and automated planetary exploration.
Sixty years ago, today... John Glenn departed Earth aboard Friendship 7 and became the first American to orbit Earth. Thanks to him, we were able to show that we could get into orbit and that we could survive in space. Godspeed, John Glenn.
LM5, you rock, rock, rock, rock just big time! All the work you put in so we can live or re-live all these historic missions. Your videos are amazing documents of science, courage and stamina. No space exploration fan can ever thank you enough for what you do. Well, that just had to go out! :-)
The Original 7, amongst my earliest heroes and role models. Set the course for the rest of my life and now I walk this Earth a little more alone. I still hope to meet you some day Col. Glenn. Keep flying and Godspeed......
While Kathryn Johnson was making sure the math was correct and John Glenn was flying the mission, a 13yr old little girl from Framingham, Massachusetts was watching this mission and dreaming of flying in space herself. But, that story is reserved for another time.
LM5, thank you so much for all your hard work so we can re-live the excitement of America's greatest achievement. I was only 3-4 years old during Mercury, but I do remember watching one of the launches and watched as many of the Gemini launches as possible. During Apollo, i was riveted to the TV and built all the models I could (Saturn V, LEM, etc.) Your expertise is well appreciated!
This along with all of your full mission uploads are brilliant and a wonderful piece of history for us space nerds. Thank you lunarmodule5 and continue the great work. God Speed You!
Robert Price Thanks for the comment Robert - glad you liked this and the others - am trying to get the first Space Shuttle full mission series done and then am open to ideas for which one to do next...(waits for the floodgates to open)...Apollo 8? Gemini 4? lol the list seems endless!
I really like how you have full missions uploaded. This is exactly what I was looking for. Great video and great channel. Just curious if you know what point in the transmission John talks about the "fireflies" that he sees outside his capsule. Thanks for the upload!
7:00 "Roger, and HURRY UP!" - Chris Kraft to John Hodge, who was assistant flight director to Kraft, stationed at Bermuda where a power failure crashed the computer. The was the 4th attempt to launch and I think Kraft was getting antsy :)
Christopher Kraft tended to become easily annoyed by all sorts of things, and that is not an indication of the cool head that is needed when a real crisis develops. In contrast, listen to the always courteous John Hodge, whose measured tone in response to Kraft's aggressive rudeness is a demonstration of the professionalism that Kraft never understood, let alone possessed.
After getting the computer back up, they were supposed to run a system test, then run a second test to verify the first one. When told to hurry up they just ran the first test, and skipped the second. They figured they'd get caught up before they had to rely on the system. They did. It worked.
This is amazing. I am reading Gene Kranz book "failure is not an option" that goes thru Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs an I can now appreciate this video and the great job you did. Where do I find the air-ground transcript you talked about in a past comment?
I was in the third grade. My mother let me stay home from school to watch these flights. To me, it was something cool but I was not fully aware of the historical significance.
at 45:06 in the video, the time given to Glenn ("broadcast in the blind for Area 1 Charlie") is 00:32:12 but he reads back 00:32:22. It will be interesting to see if this is corrected.
Oops....thought I had posted a thank you for this one....I was mistaken....thanks again so much this great upload. I have seen many documentaries on Friendship 7 but none in this format and none of them are this good.
I can't believe the heat shield on Mercury spacecraft became loose, although difficult to imagine, Glen would have been incinerated at 3,000F upon re-entry.
Loved this feature on Glenn's Friendship 7 flight (except for the rolling TV coverege at the start). Can you please tell me what the Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator software is and how much is the cost please? It creates a beautiful animation.
Precious video of our national technological heritage-first manned American orbital flight. It is a direct historical extension of Dr.Robert Goddard’s Aunt Effie’s cabbage patch!
Hi Keith - i tend only to use the animations where real time video of the event is unavailable. The simulator is available to download for free on the internet. Apollo/Mercury etc packages are seperate add-ons also available to download free. Hope that helps!
That's something they mentioned during John Glenns shuttle launch (STS95).Scott Carpenter gave him the same "Godspeed John Glenn" salute there also. The irony is that on the Mercury flight John did not hear it. Youll note it was not on the spacecraft loop, only on the ground loop. He only heard it after the flight.
It's interesting to see how long it took before John Glenn got any reaction to his repeated descriptions of the particles. If the "fireflies" had been hazardous, no-one on the ground was paying attention when they should have been. Similarly, look how many times Glenn had to ask if anyone could hear him. On later spaceflights, crews would routinely get a wake-up call. On this mission, it was ground control who needed one.
Having heard the news of John Glenns passing today I would just like to say that I felt really honoured to have put this series together - he was an American and World hero - we will not see the likes of him and the Mercury astronauts again. It was a privilage to put this video series together and hopefully preserve, in some small way, the heroics of this flight and of the man. Ad Astra John Glenn - LM5
@lunarmodule5: I just discovered your channel this evening and I'm loving these videos! Lots of stuff I've never seen/heard before. And I'm old enough to remember the events, even though I was very young pre-Apollo. Thanks so much for your posts. I'll be exploring what you've shared for a while to come. :-)
Funny listening to this, and hearing almost word-for-word with the movie "The Right Stuff" I always thought the swirling particles was something made up for the film, but I since learned otherwise. Great stuff ^_^
Watching the television images at the beginning, I'd almost forgotten what a task it was back then just to operate a television set. You had to turn in on, then wait 30 or 40 seconds for anything at all to appear on the screen. After selecting the channel, you then had to use the fine tuning dial to tune in the picture, then manipulate contrast and brightness knobs. Then you had to worry about the vertical and horizontal control knobs. Then you had to manipulate dials on the antenna rotor box in the direction of the station you wanted to receive, and then, as often as not begin the whole process all over again. And that was black and white. Once color came along, there were a half dozen more knobs to fiddle with till you got something at least close to what colors appeared like in real life. So I guess I do prefer the situation today, press a single button or two.
I WAS 6YEARS AND 8MONTHS OLD IN THE FIRST GRADE AT COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF MIAMI IN DADE COUNTY,FLORIDA! JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN,JR. IS MY NUMBER 1 HERO!
No on board computers, no backups, no chance of help if things went wrong, high percentage of rockets exploding, so what do you need to get into that capsule and make this happen? A sense of something bigger than you, of helping to do something for your country and humanity, and one giant set of brass balls. God speed John Glenn 👍
Did you read the description on the video? There is no footage after initial launch coverage available on any human spaceflight from the 60s onwards through to the last Skylab misdon in 1974. I added the simulation to give viewers something to watch..hope that answers your question
Thr simulator is called Orbiter. Latest version is Orbiter 2016 and many add-ons can be found on orbit hangar including Project Mercury and Project Gemini
Very interesting to hear how crude the radio transmissions sound. At one point they seem to be talking on HF (Short Wave) which makes for very patchy quality.
I was referring to the like 2 or 3 people who still might be sore, also I was trying to give some explanation as to why people would dislike the video. After a while, I've come to the most logical conclusion...THOSE FREAKIN FLAT EARTHERS!!! >:E
Always thought it was great how Australians turned on all of the lights in their homes, in the middle of the night their time, to give Glenn a nice visual welcome.
What better way to honor John Glenn tonight, than to listen to this mission. Thank you for uploading.
You are welcome!
That grainy b&w view brings me back. I used to sit on the living room floor for hours staring at our 19” tv and waiting for those Mercury/Atlas launches. Seemed as though they took ages to launch. There’d be “holds” and delays galore, launches would be scrubbed and postponed... for a 4 year old kid, it was worse than waiting for Christmas.
ditto1958 Ditto, I was 10 at the time, and felt the same way! What a trip, huh? It was a superb adventure, for Col. Glenn and for all of America.
At 22:53, Mercury Control says "You have a go at least seven orbits." Some people after hearing this have concluded that the original mission was supposed to go for seven orbits but was cut to three orbits. This myth was told in the movie (not the book) "The Right Stuff" and in the movie "Hidden Figures", In fact, this mission, and the following mission of Scott Carpenter, were designed to make three orbits. The reference to seven orbits only meant that the trajectory reached by the spacecraft was accurate enough that it would stay up for at least seven orbits.
How odd to hear this again since I listened as a child when it actually happened. As an adult pilot it now seems so unsophisticated and naive; it is absolutely charming to hear the newness and wonderment in the voices of Glenn and the trackers and controllers. No one really knew what was going to happen but they obviously did their homework and were exquisitely prepared. If it seems dry and formal to some, we have only to remember that this was done in full view of the public in real time- as befits a free people.
The fact that there was a simple explanation for the little specks of brilliant light was ultimately humorous; the decision to not tell Glenn about the airbag deployment indication less so. But even though he came back early because of it, they had nothing to apologize for: the American People clearly backed a winner.
God Speed, John Glenn - God Bless...
This is fantastic. What a PITA to have to connect to ground stations one after another! It seems half his time is spent establishing contact.
I was in second grade. We went into the hallway at school and sat on the floor in rows to watch this live on a black and white 24" TV on a rolling stand. I was smitten with what was going on. We all were so taken up in this. My parents gave me a globe with Mr. Glenn's orbits traced out on it.
I was a school aged child in the late 60s and have these sorts of memories mostly with Apollo and some Gemini missions. How exciting it was!
A mirror image of my experience too, including the TV on rollers. An exciting time when the future's potential was overflowing with both possibilities and promises.
LM5, thank you so so much for all of your work!
I'm studying to be a history teacher, and I can definitely see myself showing excerpts of your videos to my classes when we cover the space race and Cold War.
What a ride!.. . I have an old newspaper for this flight.. thanks from NZ 🇳🇿
Glad you enjoyed it!
These uploads are so good, they bring tears to my eyes! I was a space-struck boy during the Sixties -- still my favourite period for space missions -- and I can't thank you enough, lunarmodule5. You make a middle-aged Englishman very happy.
Love the background chatter. It tells some of the story of the hard work and attention to detail that had to go into manned space for its first 15 years.
The hard work and attention to detail was, and still is the very core of spaceflight to this very day.
I always liked the Mercury capsule. It had beautiful proportions. Max Faget was very gifted.
After watching Apollo 11 and 13 the procedures used on MA-7 were primitive. NASA sure learned a lot by 1969. Thanks for the post.
This is just a spine-tingling thing - thanks so much for making it. You can easily imagine yourself in Glenn's place as the first American to orbit - and really, the first actual astronaut, who was in charge of his craft and in constant contact with the ground recording his experiences. Gagarin was just a passenger, no disrespect, but IMO the space race was over as soon as Glenn completed this flight. The Russians pulled a couple of stunts but they had no real goal, and did not have the technical know-how to implement a global tracking network and the sophisticated on-board electronics that was already present in Mercury.
Thanks Ultra
Actually wrong on most points. The USSR did not have global tracking due to politics. They had many space firsts, including manned missions, probes to the moon, first life forms to go around the moon and return, first probes to land on other planets, first spacewalk, moon rovers, and then a long series of space stations and pioneering on-orbit living. At the time the ISS construction began, the soviet had over 6000 manned days in space, compared to the US 70 something. The soviet spacecraft were in many ways more sophisticated, containing a much greater level of automation, all built on a fraction of the US's budget. No disrespect, but to think glenns flight (not much more complex than the one previously carried out by a chimp) wins the space race just indicates you've no idea what tthe soviets achieved, or how. It was not until the gemini program that the US began to display a lead. Most people think the space race ended at the moon and nothing else happened, but the soviets went on to lead in modular space station construction for two decades before the US, and automated planetary exploration.
@@dash9655 bullshit to this statement. Probably from the younger generation which has no clue what's he is talking about.
Sixty years ago, today...
John Glenn departed Earth aboard Friendship 7 and became the first American to orbit Earth.
Thanks to him, we were able to show that we could get into orbit and that we could survive in space.
Godspeed, John Glenn.
LM5 thanks for your good works in bringing these videos to us
We Lost A Great American Today, Godspeed John Glenn!
Great human being, inspiration to others all over the world.
Yeah we did - I am absolutly numb
I salute to all the Mercury 7 astronauts!
They all served the country well!
It was an Atlas. Redstone could only go sub-orbital.
No worries, America has every right to be proud of him. I think most of the world did.
LM5, you rock, rock, rock, rock just big time! All the work you put in so we can live or re-live all these historic missions. Your videos are amazing documents of science, courage and stamina. No space exploration fan can ever thank you enough for what you do. Well, that just had to go out! :-)
+Sascha Andre Michael thanks for the kudos Sascha. its worth knowing that space fans get a lot out of watching these. regards lm5
The Original 7, amongst my earliest heroes and role models. Set the course for the rest of my life and now I walk this Earth a little more alone. I still hope to meet you some day Col. Glenn. Keep flying and Godspeed......
5:27 the Procedures controller is none other than Gene Kranz.
While Kathryn Johnson was making sure the math was correct and John Glenn was flying the mission, a 13yr old little girl from Framingham, Massachusetts was watching this mission and dreaming of flying in space herself. But, that story is reserved for another time.
John
Glenn was the only
Marine to be included in
NASA s earliest group of astronauts.
Scott Carpenter once said he was the 'token Marine ' but it was alright because the Marines are part of the Navy.
I love the one on Apollo 8. My favorite space mission.
9:40 Wow! Does that screen flipping like that ever bring me back! Haven't seen that in decades.
Give it a whack with your palm…that always fixed ours.
Do you remember how the flipping would stop just as the TV repairman entered the house?
Godspeed, John Glenn 1921-2016
LM5, thank you so much for all your hard work so we can re-live the excitement of America's greatest achievement. I was only 3-4 years old during Mercury, but I do remember watching one of the launches and watched as many of the Gemini launches as possible. During Apollo, i was riveted to the TV and built all the models I could (Saturn V, LEM, etc.) Your expertise is well appreciated!
+John Vrabec thanks john - am glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for your memories - regards LM5
This along with all of your full mission uploads are brilliant and a wonderful piece of history for us space nerds. Thank you lunarmodule5 and continue the great work. God Speed You!
Robert Price Thanks for the comment Robert - glad you liked this and the others - am trying to get the first Space Shuttle full mission series done and then am open to ideas for which one to do next...(waits for the floodgates to open)...Apollo 8? Gemini 4? lol the list seems endless!
***** Apollo 8 for sure!!!
Robert Price marks up one vote for Apollo 8
I don't know where you get these but keep 'em coming. I love it!!!!!
I really like how you have full missions uploaded. This is exactly what I was looking for. Great video and great channel. Just curious if you know what point in the transmission John talks about the "fireflies" that he sees outside his capsule. Thanks for the upload!
Happy 60 years of Friendship 7!
Thank you for your posts.
Welcome M !
The only astronaut to fly Mercury and Shuttle.
Another fantastic vid. You are a jewel, sir! Thanks a million!
16:08
16:57, 17:01 - Godspeed, John Glenn
22:38
7:00 "Roger, and HURRY UP!" - Chris Kraft to John Hodge, who was assistant flight director to Kraft, stationed at Bermuda where a power failure crashed the computer. The was the 4th attempt to launch and I think Kraft was getting antsy :)
Christopher Kraft tended to become easily annoyed by all sorts of things, and that is not an indication of the cool head that is needed when a real crisis develops. In contrast, listen to the always courteous John Hodge, whose measured tone in response to Kraft's aggressive rudeness is a demonstration of the professionalism that Kraft never understood, let alone possessed.
@@Sootaroot Kraft was actually still a controller of some kind even during Apollo 13, right? Or was he just there to talk to the press?
Chris Kraft took no prisoners.
@@Sootaroot You misjudge the man, he literally wrote the book on being a flight controller. Everyone respected him.
Patience and relay/ circuit. Good check problemm solving. We wait on SLS Roll Out Dress Rehearsal.
Good reaction; you are absolutely right ... If there is no competition, people are not really interested.
Incredible upload, thank you!
+remyworldpeace Welcome!
Once again, great presentation. Looking forward to Apollo 13 day three.
22:30 Great line.
The first
American manned orbital space flight took place on
February twentieth, nineteen sixty two.
Love the computer crash in Bermuda. The more things change, the more things stay the same.
After getting the computer back up, they were supposed to run a system test, then run a second test to verify the first one. When told to hurry up they just ran the first test, and skipped the second. They figured they'd get caught up before they had to rely on the system. They did. It worked.
17:00 "May God speed, John Glenn."
This is amazing. I am reading Gene Kranz book "failure is not an option" that goes thru Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs an I can now appreciate this video and the great job you did. Where do I find the air-ground transcript you talked about in a past comment?
it is amazing, the acomplishments of man. Mans human brain is far superior to any pc. Thank you VERY MUCH for sharing.
I love this upload.
I was in the third grade. My mother let me stay home from school to watch these flights. To me, it was something cool but I was not fully aware of the historical significance.
at 45:06 in the video, the time given to Glenn ("broadcast in the blind for Area 1 Charlie") is 00:32:12 but he reads back 00:32:22. It will be interesting to see if this is corrected.
I was born on this very day, Feb.20, 1962
Oops....thought I had posted a thank you for this one....I was mistaken....thanks again so much this great upload. I have seen many documentaries on Friendship 7 but none in this format and none of them are this good.
I can't believe the heat shield on Mercury spacecraft became loose, although difficult to imagine, Glen would have been incinerated at 3,000F upon re-entry.
Loved this feature on Glenn's Friendship 7 flight (except for the rolling TV coverege at the start). Can you please tell me what the Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator software is and how much is the cost please? It creates a beautiful animation.
this is cool to watch
I'm very lucky. As a kid I got to turn on an old Zenith 21" black and white TV and see this as it happened!
Precious video of our national technological heritage-first manned American orbital flight. It is a direct historical extension of Dr.Robert Goddard’s Aunt Effie’s cabbage patch!
Hi Keith - i tend only to use the animations where real time video of the event is unavailable. The simulator is available to download for free on the internet. Apollo/Mercury etc packages are seperate add-ons also available to download free. Hope that helps!
Great stuff! This was the day after my 10th birthday and I remember it well!
Scott Carpenter was a Navy test pilot and was also in
NASA s earliest group of astronauts.
That's something they mentioned during John Glenns shuttle launch (STS95).Scott Carpenter gave him the same "Godspeed John Glenn" salute there also. The irony is that on the Mercury flight John did not hear it. Youll note it was not on the spacecraft loop, only on the ground loop. He only heard it after the flight.
Answered my own question. He starts to notice them at 1:30:20 shortly after he sees his first sunrise. Thanks!
It's interesting to see how long it took before John Glenn got any reaction to his repeated descriptions of the particles. If the "fireflies" had been hazardous, no-one on the ground was paying attention when they should have been. Similarly, look how many times Glenn had to ask if anyone could hear him. On later spaceflights, crews would routinely get a wake-up call. On this mission, it was ground control who needed one.
It does indeed and thanks again!
The
John
Glenn three orbit flight was on
February twentieth, nineteen sixty two.
god speed john glenn...x
Having heard the news of John Glenns passing today I would just like to
say that I felt really honoured to have put this series together - he
was an American and World hero - we will not see the likes of him and
the Mercury astronauts again. It was a privilage to put this video
series together and hopefully preserve, in some small way, the heroics
of this flight and of the man. Ad Astra John Glenn - LM5
Also available... CBS Radio coverage of the Glenn flight: www.oocities.org/marshallstax/specialaudio.html
#GodspeedJohnGlenn
@lunarmodule5: I just discovered your channel this evening and I'm loving these videos! Lots of stuff I've never seen/heard before. And I'm old enough to remember the events, even though I was very young pre-Apollo.
Thanks so much for your posts. I'll be exploring what you've shared for a while to come. :-)
smart451cab thanks smart - hope you stick around and find some good stuff that you will like !
Hi from Scotland. You’re in for a great time my. friend. These uploads are incredible. Stay safe 🚀🏴
what a gift! thanks!
Over a year ago, I wrote an instrumental track honouring the Friendship 7 mission. Track can be heard here: ruclips.net/video/HIEcEcLsbuI/видео.html 🎶
John
H.
Glenn
Jr. The first
American astronaut to orbit wore a silver colored space suit for the first
NASA manned orbital space flight.
🚀 Rest In Peace John Glenn 🚀
24 flat earthers dislike this video
We can't keep a tally anymore thanks to RUclips.
John and Annie are together again
Funny listening to this, and hearing almost word-for-word with the movie "The Right Stuff" I always thought the swirling particles was something made up for the film, but I since learned otherwise. Great stuff ^_^
Watching the television images at the beginning, I'd almost forgotten what a task it was back then just to operate a television set. You had to turn in on, then wait 30 or 40 seconds for anything at all to appear on the screen. After selecting the channel, you then had to use the fine tuning dial to tune in the picture, then manipulate contrast and brightness knobs. Then you had to worry about the vertical and horizontal control knobs. Then you had to manipulate dials on the antenna rotor box in the direction of the station you wanted to receive, and then, as often as not begin the whole process all over again. And that was black and white. Once color came along, there were a half dozen more knobs to fiddle with till you got something at least close to what colors appeared like in real life. So I guess I do prefer the situation today, press a single button or two.
I WAS 6YEARS AND 8MONTHS OLD IN THE FIRST GRADE AT COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF MIAMI IN DADE COUNTY,FLORIDA! JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN,JR. IS MY NUMBER 1 HERO!
Egh , why caps ?
Semper Fi, John Glenn…🇺🇸
I can't believe the John Glenn's Flight was on my Birthday
Feburary 20
Whatever you got is fine. To me, it's the audio that matters. Like the CG though.
Wonderful work as always. Any chance of an Aurora 7 mission series?
One day Ben....got a big project after this one....LM5
which orbiter version is this?
No on board computers, no backups, no chance of help if things went wrong, high percentage of rockets exploding, so what do you need to get into that capsule and make this happen? A sense of something bigger than you, of helping to do something for your country and humanity, and one giant set of brass balls. God speed John Glenn 👍
No one ever said "Rodger" cooler than John Glenn
Please tell me the footage at 23:30 is a simulation? They didnt present that as real, did they?
Did you read the description on the video? There is no footage after initial launch coverage available on any human spaceflight from the 60s onwards through to the last Skylab misdon in 1974. I added the simulation to give viewers something to watch..hope that answers your question
It wasn't even to ask. THIS is how CGI look. Not the breathtaking footages from ISS.
In 1962? There was no such thing as CGI in 1962 lol, nevermind things like textures and dynamic lighting
Thr simulator is called Orbiter. Latest version is Orbiter 2016 and many add-ons can be found on orbit hangar including Project Mercury and Project Gemini
Who is "they"? Lmao.
God speed John Glenn ROGERRRRRR.
Scott Carpenter was the second
American astronaut to orbit.
All done mainly with vacuum tubes and very few solid state components!
Gosh I miss Mission Control. White ss shirts, crew cuts, and a pack of Salems. 😮
_"The blue haze of smoke, and the ever present smell of stale pizza and burnt coffee."_
The overal quality on these rockets was questionable, they have been lucky. Only after Apollo 1 the quality really improved
Is that John Hodge at Bermuda?
God Speed John Glen
R.I.P. #MigMadMarine from a fellow Ohioian
Very interesting to hear how crude the radio transmissions sound. At one point they seem to be talking on HF (Short Wave) which makes for very patchy quality.
Had both HF and UHF. Love the audio.
Cant you expedite!! and hurry up!!! Love it... No candy asses back then!!!!
Exactly
I saw these capsules in Huntsville Alabama... man they look like they were made by the Confederate Army... I love e'm !
is that an elevator
out of all the comments here, this is the most relevant
The seven fliers selected finally to make up
NASA s first bunch of astronauts wore silver space suits.
Zero G, and I feel fine. Godspeed John Glenn!
Would those of you who voted "dislike" please tell me WHY? Thank you.
+Harry Andruschak Either the rare sore Russian (likelihood 5%) or the conspiracy theorist (likelihood 95%) ._.
+Michael Julian (Legendary) why would Russians be sore? Gagarin orbited the earth before Glen ever did
True, at that time the Russians were still far ahead....
I was referring to the like 2 or 3 people who still might be sore, also I was trying to give some explanation as to why people would dislike the video. After a while, I've come to the most logical conclusion...THOSE FREAKIN FLAT EARTHERS!!! >:E
Where can I get the original footage that you show at the beginning and then in the small screen in your video? Can you provide links?