My dad was a teletype operator on this mission in the Canary Islands. His gift to me was the full original minute by minute roll of teletype with his and and his coworker's names at the top.I do treasure it.
Elizabeth Lilley thats a great story Elizabeth, thanks for sharing. Must be good to know that your Dad was a part of space history. Keep hold of that teletype, it is an important part of space history. regards LM5
A couple of things. Notice Shepard said he did not get a green light that the retro pack had separated, and he immediately overrode the system without a second's pause. The original Mercury astronauts were test pilots used to things not going right. Also, I was a kid when this occurred and remember how easy it all looked. But watching this, it makes you realize how many things could have gone wrong. From the redstone booster failing to the booster failing to separate from the capsule, to the retro rockets not firing to the parachutes not opening. These were truly heros.
@@generalyellor8188 automated or no, scientists had theories about what might happen to a man in orbit. The human was necessary to gather information about that and also about what a human could perceive up there, how mobile and effective he’d be etc. It took balls to get on top of that rocket and leave the Earth.
@@generalyellor8188 no the Mercury astronauts experienced over 6g’s on ascent, which would cause the overwhelming majority of humans to black out, but the astronauts still had to be able to talk back to Earth and tell them what was going on
I saw the launch when I was a kid. My mom was watching for hours waiting for the lift off, but I was bored. After that first launch I became a big fan of the space race, and even watched the first moon walk. One day before the moon landing I launched my first model rocket at a local park with my dad. It was all very exciting. Even today I read about new developments in rocket engine technology, it has been a life long passion of mine.
Amen to that I can't believe It's been that long ago 05/05/1961 to 05/05/2021 where has the time gone they've sure have come a long way since then and now It's Space X Crew Dragon.
When heroes really were heroes and were worthy of the title! As a kid in the 60's I was space mad, and had his poster on my wall alongside John Glenn and Uri Gagarin.
The word hero is objective. A hero to you is a villain to someone else. When this was happening there were thousands of Russians hoping for us to fail but this guy's name was attached to it's success. It's all perspective in the end.
@@2BigFooted The cosmonauts were heroes too. Astronauts and cosmonauts were and still are hero explorers. Their contributions to science and medicine are vast
Yes - they must surely have been prepared for the chance that they could die for the cause. I guess they received a wage & I’ll bet the pay for that flight may not be anything like that which a top soccer player gets for a game nowadays !
When you see the videos of today's astronaut crews and the amount of risk involved at the various stages on their way to the ISS this makes you realize just how incredibly brave this human being was way back in 1961. They knew so little if anything about what they were about to embark on ...What an incredibly brave man...and to go up there on his own.... Unbelievable
Man..., I love (scared) of the way he’s being professional.., not thinking of self and fear.., but thinking.. remaining focused, doing the job required..,..... singing like a bird all the way.., knowing how important it is to get the info out n back to the scientists n engineers... re the conditions, pressures, Gs etc etc, because if it fails they need to know this stuff.. but save the next guy... he n they all knew it could fail n would likely do so in literally 1 heart beat... And to this day your Navy/ Military expect nothing less from their people n teams..., crack on USA👍
I was only nine years old but sat with my parents holding our breath and praying that everything went well. We all cheered when they reported success and recovery. Seems like yesterday to be honest. Some of the best years.
My father, Jim Curtin, was the chief radio operator on the Lake Champlain this day. He was the man who made the connection for the famous call between JFK and Shepherd. We have slides of the capsule.
It's as exciting to watch now as it was when I was 11 years old. When at the Space Center I always take the "Then" tour, just to stand in the blockhouse and imagine what the launch must have looked like from there. The launch pad seems so small and insignificant, especially when compared to the more recent programs, but this is where it all got it's start. It's a humbling experience. It was a great time to be a kid in America.
My late father, Lt (jg) C. F. Holbrook (navigator) of the VP-5 crew 9, flew in search planes (P2-V's?), for both Shepard and Grissom. Very exciting memories.
I was in the fourth grade. We brought radios to school. Shepard’s splashdown occurred during recess. A great cheer went up from all of us Munchkins! What excitement-the first American in space!
As a little side note, flight mission patches did not begin until Gemini V. The Mercury 3 patch shown here was designed decades later, and is not an official patch.
Wonder why that was? Just NASA being strict as they were then? I remember that the administration hated silly capsule names so maybe this could apply to the patches and artwork.
Folks may not remember that this was not the first launch attempt of MR-3. I only played hooky twice in grade school; this post was my second. Thanks for the post.
@@lunarmodule5 I believe it was on May 2nd the Redstone was fueled and Shepard was suited up but didn't get into the capsule: some tech glitches cropped up and then clouds rolled in and the flight was scrubbed for the day
Back in the days when America was serious, admired, and could still do stuff. (Although Shepard WAS the guy who later hit a golf ball on the Moon.) Great video, well done.
I recently went to the Udvar Hazy space museum and they had the actual Freedom 7 mercury capsule!! It’s kinda cool seeing something that actually went into space and that has a lot of history behind it
US Navy/ NASA test pilot Alan Shepard. These were the years leading up to December 1968 and July 1969 making those historic achievements possible. A lot of hard work and brave men. 🇺🇸
15:03 - And this is why the first astronauts were all test pilots. 11G is enough to make a normal human being pass out, even if it's only a couple seconds.
11 Gs is a lot but Mercury pilots actually experienced training up to 16gs. So while certainly a lot of Gs, it was significantly less than what they trained for. I know this response is 7 years late but in case others are curious.
One of the things that's really amazing about this, they usually really didn't film the launch from inside the capsule on any other launches, here you actually get to see Shepard
I'm listening to the audio book of "The Right Stuff"...while he was waiting for hours on the launch he could not hold his bladder any more...and the techs said go ahead and go in your suit...which he did. Notice he is leaning down and back. It all pooled behind his upper back. Must have been a thrilling and wet miserable ride the whole time.
Nice job! I was 2 years old when this happened, but when I got a few years older I remember the Gemini missions and of course Apollo. I was 10 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon! Great video thanks!!
They seemed surprised that cabin pressure was holding. OMG. He got so excited after re-entering the atmosphere that he dumped his peroxide. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Old astronaut joke. This brought back so many good memories.
My 5th grade teacher at Jessie P. Miller Elementary, Bradenton, Florida, was at the Cape with ground control. She was flying her Cessna back across the state Sunday afternoon after Alan Shepard's historic flight. Her plane went down in a thunderstorm killing her. She treated me like she had a "Crush" on me like I was her boyfriend. Mary Montaldi was in her early 20's and It broke my heart when the principal told the class that morning she had died.
It is surprosong that g buildup happened very quickly, from 5/100 g indicating the beginning of penetration to 9 g in less than 10 seconds. I thought that reentry in the tickest layers of atmosphere was a bit longer, but this was a suborbital flight and maybe the reentry was a bit different from a true orbital one
Nothing shows insane ingenuity (or is it ingenious insanity?) of the human race more than those brave enough to be strapped to the top of a missile and shot into space.
Nice, but I wish they wouldn't have cut the preceeding, "Permission to Wet Your Suit." I know it's not a professional caption, but a purely human one that actually created a whole plate of potential problems, and some ability to learn from this.
I have vague recollections of when this happened. Hard to believe we have come so far -- now we have the Voyagers 1 and 2 travelling through interstellar space. Incredible.
Interesting. It seems they removed the few seconds from the audio where Shepard and his vehicle pass MaxQ with around 11g force on Shepard.. In the original audio, you have several seconds where you clearly hear him under immense physical strain, while still managing to call out 'OK's. Unfortunate that it was removed.
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Even if there were vibrations, the whole capsule including the camera would shake very similarly which would make it hardly show up at all in the footage
Listen to John "Shorty" Powers use the phrase A OK.The astronauts never said that.That was something he made up to tell to the TV viewers.It caught on and even today I occasionally hear it.
I remember the Mercury missions, and poring over the newspaper clippings I’d pasted in my ‘Space’ album. So I’m delighted that my friend Lauren Oliver is making a movie about a fictional Mercury astronaut. And no digital nonsense - it will be shot on 35mm b/w FILM. I recently met two of the talented and charming actors, and I’m privileged to have read the script - it’s splendid. “The last astronaut of an era has a secret that may cost him his dream - and his life.” Please Google: Kickstarter T-minus.
"Uh can I get a read on main power please." "2.54V, Amps 14.0, total wattage 33W" "Resistance 0.179 ohms" "3...2...1... Fire." Godspeed gentleman. *puuuuuuff*
60 years ago Alan Shepard accomplished his 15 minute successful flight. Today SpaceX accomplished their 6 minute SN15 flight and successful landing...where will we be 60 years from today!
I have always been fascinated by the two manned suborbital missions, thanks for posting. While I recognize the Orbiter app screen footage, some of the other footage looks historic. My question: Assuming thart the launch footage is from the actual event as it appears to be, wasvthe rocket jerking up and down as it appears to be doing, or was thay merely the camera moving for some reason?
I'm currently watching "Moon Shot", just about to reach the flight of Freedom 7. I've been so occupied with looking at the Apollo missions, I completely forgot this one was on live TV!
so, you are right, they werent actually needed for this flight, but they kept them on and fired them to test the system for the orbital flights that were yet to come
At 10:00 Sheppard switches to manual pitch, yaw and roll controlling the space ship with giro display ( artificial horizon) and joystick , the capsule should move accordingly but nothing happens , so is the simulation flawed ?
When i made this it was one of the 1st i had done using the simulation... so i got loads wrong...not even knowing i could change the global reference which would show the capsule moving to the inputs and the earth seemingly staying still, as it would appear to an observer watching from the vantage point in the video. If i recall i just let the simulation play out in real time without any inputs from me...i have learned since how to do it. I was just glad to have something to show what was sort of happening on these early attempts at full missions. Regards LM5
Your effort is still very enjoyable and very informative , mixing real footage, original voice recordings and the simulation for the missing parts in between makes a good documentary , and in my opinion a honorable tribute and memorial to hero astronaut Alan Sheppard.
My dad was a teletype operator on this mission in the Canary Islands. His gift to me was the full original minute by minute roll of teletype with his and and his coworker's names at the top.I do treasure it.
Elizabeth Lilley thats a great story Elizabeth, thanks for sharing. Must be good to know that your Dad was a part of space history. Keep hold of that teletype, it is an important part of space history. regards LM5
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Wow. That's really cool.
Perfect item to put it on eBay!😁
Gran Canaria?
A couple of things. Notice Shepard said he did not get a green light that the retro pack had separated, and he immediately overrode the system without a second's pause. The original Mercury astronauts were test pilots used to things not going right.
Also, I was a kid when this occurred and remember how easy it all looked. But watching this, it makes you realize how many things could have gone wrong. From the redstone booster failing to the booster failing to separate from the capsule, to the retro rockets not firing to the parachutes not opening.
These were truly heros.
Well, the entire flight was completely automated, so pretty much anyone could have sat in there and gone for the same ride.
@@generalyellor8188spam in a can huh
@@generalyellor8188 automated or no, scientists had theories about what might happen to a man in orbit. The human was necessary to gather information about that and also about what a human could perceive up there, how mobile and effective he’d be etc. It took balls to get on top of that rocket and leave the Earth.
@@generalyellor8188 no the Mercury astronauts experienced over 6g’s on ascent, which would cause the overwhelming majority of humans to black out, but the astronauts still had to be able to talk back to Earth and tell them what was going on
I saw the launch when I was a kid. My mom was watching for hours waiting for the lift off, but I was bored. After that first launch I became a big fan of the space race, and even watched the first moon walk. One day before the moon landing I launched my first model rocket at a local park with my dad. It was all very exciting. Even today I read about new developments in rocket engine technology, it has been a life long passion of mine.
Very nice to read. Thanks for sharing
I was obsessed with Estes model rockets as a kid.
60 years ago today. RIP Mr.Shepard and we thank you!
Amen to that I can't believe It's been that long ago 05/05/1961 to 05/05/2021 where has the time gone they've sure have come a long way since then and now It's Space X Crew Dragon.
@@nicolaephillips5778 Yep.
The man went to space and he still speaks with not a hint of fear in his voice, so confident.
When heroes really were heroes and were worthy of the title! As a kid in the 60's I was space mad, and had his poster on my wall alongside John Glenn and Uri Gagarin.
The word hero is objective. A hero to you is a villain to someone else. When this was happening there were thousands of Russians hoping for us to fail but this guy's name was attached to it's success. It's all perspective in the end.
@Francisco , keep looking up, Francisco.
@@2BigFooted yeah Russia bad America good like in movies
@@2BigFooted The cosmonauts were heroes too. Astronauts and cosmonauts were and still are hero explorers. Their contributions to science and medicine are vast
Yuri not Uri
I couldn't imagine being one of the first humans to be shot into space, the bravery of these guys is unbelievable
They had b@lls of steel, The Right Stuff!
Yes - they must surely have been prepared for the chance that they could die for the cause. I guess they received a wage & I’ll bet the pay for that flight may not be anything like that which a top soccer player gets for a game nowadays !
When you see the videos of today's astronaut crews and the amount of risk involved at the various stages on their way to the ISS this makes you realize just how incredibly brave this human being was way back in 1961. They knew so little if anything about what they were about to embark on ...What an incredibly brave man...and to go up there on his own.... Unbelievable
+Jamie Shaw Absolutely amazing. The balls on Alan Shepard....
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Man..., I love (scared) of the way he’s being professional.., not thinking of self and fear.., but thinking.. remaining focused, doing the job required..,..... singing like a bird all the way.., knowing how important it is to get the info out n back to the scientists n engineers... re the conditions, pressures, Gs etc etc, because if it fails they need to know this stuff.. but save the next guy... he n they all knew it could fail n would likely do so in literally 1 heart beat...
And to this day your Navy/ Military expect nothing less from their people n teams..., crack on USA👍
I was only nine years old but sat with my parents holding our breath and praying that everything went well. We all cheered when they reported success and recovery. Seems like yesterday to be honest. Some of the best years.
My father, Jim Curtin, was the chief radio operator on the Lake Champlain this day. He was the man who made the connection for the famous call between JFK and Shepherd. We have slides of the capsule.
big gratulation!
Wow! Fantastic
The best astronauts ever! Along with the Vostok's Russian program! Top of the top. Heroes!!!!!
One of the most daring thing ever made by human being.
It's as exciting to watch now as it was when I was 11 years old. When at the Space Center I always take the "Then" tour, just to stand in the blockhouse and imagine what the launch must have looked like from there. The launch pad seems so small and insignificant, especially when compared to the more recent programs, but this is where it all got it's start. It's a humbling experience.
It was a great time to be a kid in America.
great comment gare - thanks
My late father, Lt (jg) C. F. Holbrook (navigator) of the VP-5 crew 9, flew in search planes (P2-V's?), for both Shepard and Grissom. Very exciting memories.
Thanks for your memories Lake....I am not an American but I salute your Father...regards LM5
I was in the fourth grade. We brought radios to school. Shepard’s splashdown occurred during recess. A great cheer went up from all of us Munchkins! What excitement-the first American in space!
As a little side note, flight mission patches did not begin until Gemini V.
The Mercury 3 patch shown here was designed decades later, and is not an official patch.
Wonder why that was? Just NASA being strict as they were then? I remember that the administration hated silly capsule names so maybe this could apply to the patches and artwork.
Why isn't this an American Holiday? I've been celebrating Alan Bartlett Shepard jr, Freedom 7 day since 5/5/1961.
Well, we do have Cinco de Mayo ...
AllBobsAllTheTime My name Jose Jimenez...
It certainly should be.
I celebrate July 20th every year - the day in 1969 man walked on the moon. My own personal holiday.
@Thrasha Films the first launch of the Space Shuttle was April 12, 1981.
I remember watching this live during class in the 6th grade. A TV set was wheeled in, and we witnessed the event in glorious black and white.
Alan Shepard is from my home state and we are sure proud of him
Folks may not remember that this was not the first launch attempt of MR-3. I only played hooky twice in grade school; this post was my second. Thanks for the post.
You are welcome Paldin - and may we ask what the 1st time was??!
@@lunarmodule5 I believe it was on May 2nd the Redstone was fueled and Shepard was suited up but didn't get into the capsule: some tech glitches cropped up and then clouds rolled in and the flight was scrubbed for the day
The excitement in his voice is so inspiring!
I was lucky to meet Gordon Cooper and Scott Carpenter at book signings. A special group of men, for sure.
They had the Right Stuff
Back in the days when America was serious, admired, and could still do stuff. (Although Shepard WAS the guy who later hit a golf ball on the Moon.)
Great video, well done.
I recently went to the Udvar Hazy space museum and they had the actual Freedom 7 mercury capsule!! It’s kinda cool seeing something that actually went into space and that has a lot of history behind it
They've moved it into the Air and Space in downtown now, along with Shepherd's suit.
Again, I couldn't wait to finish viewing and had to thank you for these beautiful scenes. Most of them I never seen, thanks again!
No apologies required...you do a fantastic job creating these uploads!!
You still around Keno?
10 years later (from 1961) Alan will step on moon...
And played golf in the moon.
Freaking legend.
Oh shit I forgot about that, Your right!
US Navy/ NASA test pilot Alan Shepard. These were the years leading up to December 1968 and July 1969 making those historic achievements possible. A lot of hard work and brave men. 🇺🇸
A guy who clearly knew that life is not about “self” or now.... but about who n what can come after you focus n build upon...👍🌹
Your videos are always excellent. This is a good one, and I really liked the Apollo 13 video you did too.
Thank you very much!
Great stuff! Good work. Today is the 60th anniversary of this historic flight. So important we remember the early trailblazers of the space program
Amazing I can watch a whole Spaceflight while eating dinner
Thank you for this video.
Thank you, Lunarmodule5! Keep up the great work you're doin'. I spread the glory of your channel wherever I go, dude! ;-)
Thanks Vait - 9 years late!
15:03 - And this is why the first astronauts were all test pilots. 11G is enough to make a normal human being pass out, even if it's only a couple seconds.
Gus was still able to verbally call his G forces up to 10 on his flight. Grissom > Shepard
11 Gs is a lot but Mercury pilots actually experienced training up to 16gs. So while certainly a lot of Gs, it was significantly less than what they trained for.
I know this response is 7 years late but in case others are curious.
One of the things that's really amazing about this, they usually really didn't film the launch from inside the capsule on any other launches, here you actually get to see Shepard
Phenomenal! Shepard is pulling 5 g at 9:00 and relates cabin data with gusto and glee - what a pilot!
Great stuff!!! Very much thanks for most high quality efforts, persevering the legacy of history.
Per Van Valkenburg welcome!
I watched this launch in my fourth-grade classroom. I can clearly remember Sputnik and the Gagarin flight, too. It was an exciting time.
you are a lucky man
This is outstanding. thanks for doing this---it's greatly appreciated.
This is grand, historic stuff! I really enjoy your channel and thank you for your efforts.
welcome Chris - only just seen this!
I'm listening to the audio book of "The Right Stuff"...while he was waiting for hours on the launch he could not hold his bladder any more...and the techs said go ahead and go in your suit...which he did. Notice he is leaning down and back. It all pooled behind his upper back. Must have been a thrilling and wet miserable ride the whole time.
Boyd White he later reported that the suit oxygen system dried it out. There was a “sponge squeezer” in the suit loop to control humidity.
Nice job! I was 2 years old when this happened, but when I got a few years older I remember the Gemini missions and of course Apollo. I was 10 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon! Great video thanks!!
Same here.
That was awesome, thank you for putting this together!
Welcome!
Very cool, thanks for the upload!
Thank you. That was very enjoyable, you did a great job.
Thanks 👍
what a liftoff thanks.
You are welcome
@@lunarmodule5 Alan Shepard is the 1st American astronaut.
They seemed surprised that cabin pressure was holding. OMG. He got so excited after re-entering the atmosphere that he dumped his peroxide. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Old astronaut joke. This brought back so many good memories.
Truly bold, brave men!
"Okay.... Okay"
At 15:00 reentry starts with G s building up to 9 G, you can hear Sheppards strained voice reporting " OK " confirming still being conscious .
My left ear enjoyed this
Wow do I remember this! I was in elementary school at the time, we watched the whole thing live in living black and white LOL!
+Daniel Folger (prophecyguy) great memory thanks for sharing!
I have the same memory of the space shuttles first launch lol. Only was in color. We gathered in a little assembly area
My 5th grade teacher at Jessie P. Miller Elementary, Bradenton, Florida, was at the Cape with ground control. She was flying her Cessna back across the state Sunday afternoon after Alan Shepard's historic flight. Her plane went down in a thunderstorm killing her. She treated me like she had a "Crush" on me like I was her boyfriend. Mary Montaldi was in her early 20's and It broke my heart when the principal told the class that morning she had died.
Mercury Redstone - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2010
I can't figure out how those rockets could get off the ground being weighed down by these guys' balls.
It is surprosong that g buildup happened very quickly, from 5/100 g indicating the beginning of penetration to 9 g in less than 10 seconds. I thought that reentry in the tickest layers of atmosphere was a bit longer, but this was a suborbital flight and maybe the reentry was a bit different from a true orbital one
Is there audio of when Al needed to take a bathroom break?
Nothing shows insane ingenuity (or is it ingenious insanity?) of the human race more than those brave enough to be strapped to the top of a missile and shot into space.
Another excellent video. Thanks!
9 g's when coming down is a tough task. No wonder he could only respond with 'ok'
Happy 60th launch anniversary Freedom 7!
Nice, but I wish they wouldn't have cut the preceeding, "Permission to Wet Your Suit." I know it's not a professional caption, but a purely human one that actually created a whole plate of potential problems, and some ability to learn from this.
I have looked for that audio for years and never found it!
Why was it crucial for Shepard to relay the instrument readings so frequently? Surely they had ample telemetry even then?
Lunar module 5 you rock
dony345 I do? lol
Happy 60 years!
What a treat! great men...
53 years ago today: Alan Shepard became the first American in space!
I have vague recollections of when this happened. Hard to believe we have come so far -- now we have the Voyagers 1 and 2 travelling through interstellar space. Incredible.
First one was Glenn Shepard was suborbital
But anyway.....Soviets were first!!!
Dear lord please don't let me *uck up
LMAO - good ole Al!
AstroGoji2000 the
I didn't quite copy that, say again please?
“I said:Everything is A-OK!” 😂😂😂
My dream is becoming a astronaut like Alan b Shepard and man of moon Neil Armstrong
Interesting. It seems they removed the few seconds from the audio where Shepard and his vehicle pass MaxQ with around 11g force on Shepard.. In the original audio, you have several seconds where you clearly hear him under immense physical strain, while still managing to call out 'OK's. Unfortunate that it was removed.
Awesome.. thanks 👍🇳🇿
what a historical flight
But anyway....Russians were first!!!
This was so good👏🏻👏🏻
Happy Anniversary!
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those 9g "ok's", you can hear its pushing his chest affecting his breathing, mr sheppard still reporting and still calm
Pure amazement!
9G. That's why they used test pilots.
(love the re entry atmospherics effects. very nice...)
wow, the camera on the astronaut was so steady. no vibrations
I expected to see him pinned to his seat. Brave human.
According to the mission report, Shepard did not experience (or didn't notice, at least) vibrations in the cabin. It was a very smooth ride.
I don't think you'd want any vibrations as that might indicate something is loose and potentially broken.
Even if there were vibrations, the whole capsule including the camera would shake very similarly which would make it hardly show up at all in the footage
Listen to John "Shorty" Powers use the phrase A OK.The astronauts never said that.That was something he made up to tell to the TV viewers.It caught on and even today I occasionally hear it.
Garland English Yeah, I wish Shorty Powers would shut up. I want to hear Shepard. :-)
We couldn't hear Shepard on television or radio.We had to depend on Shorty Powers.
My Dad had obtained rocket balloons with the MR 3 printed on them. Once inflated then released they would scream aloft.
Godspeed, Admiral.
Awesome video! Thanks!
Welcome Katy!
I remember the Mercury missions, and poring over the newspaper clippings I’d pasted in my ‘Space’ album. So I’m delighted that my friend Lauren Oliver is making a movie about a fictional Mercury astronaut. And no digital nonsense - it will be shot on 35mm b/w FILM. I recently met two of the talented and charming actors, and I’m privileged to have read the script - it’s splendid. “The last astronaut of an era has a secret that may cost him his dream - and his life.” Please Google: Kickstarter T-minus.
I couldn't find anything on Google or Kickstarter
@@subasurf The Kickstarter campaign didn't reach the goal, but I see there is an active Facebook page devoted to the film.
"Uh can I get a read on main power please."
"2.54V, Amps 14.0, total wattage 33W"
"Resistance 0.179 ohms"
"3...2...1... Fire."
Godspeed gentleman. *puuuuuuff*
60 years ago Alan Shepard accomplished his 15 minute successful flight. Today SpaceX accomplished their 6 minute SN15 flight and successful landing...where will we be 60 years from today!
I have always been fascinated by the two manned suborbital missions, thanks for posting. While I recognize the Orbiter app screen footage, some of the other footage looks historic. My question: Assuming thart the launch footage is from the actual event as it appears to be, wasvthe rocket jerking up and down as it appears to be doing, or was thay merely the camera moving for some reason?
its the camera
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Wow the people are all so close the vehicle and launch pad. At least a few minutes into the video so far.
I'm currently watching "Moon Shot", just about to reach the flight of Freedom 7. I've been so occupied with looking at the Apollo missions, I completely forgot this one was on live TV!
What were the retro rockets for? I know they were used to de-orbit mercury on the mercury-atlas missions but this was suborbital.
so, you are right, they werent actually needed for this flight, but they kept them on and fired them to test the system for the orbital flights that were yet to come
@@lunarmodule5 thanks for answering! Very interesting.
Now, his daughter has been to space too.
At 10:00 Sheppard switches to manual pitch, yaw and roll controlling the space ship with giro display ( artificial horizon) and joystick , the capsule should move accordingly but nothing happens , so is the simulation flawed ?
When i made this it was one of the 1st i had done using the simulation... so i got loads wrong...not even knowing i could change the global reference which would show the capsule moving to the inputs and the earth seemingly staying still, as it would appear to an observer watching from the vantage point in the video. If i recall i just let the simulation play out in real time without any inputs from me...i have learned since how to do it. I was just glad to have something to show what was sort of happening on these early attempts at full missions. Regards LM5
Your effort is still very enjoyable and very informative , mixing real footage, original voice recordings and the simulation for the missing parts in between makes a good documentary , and in my opinion a honorable tribute and memorial to hero astronaut Alan Sheppard.
"Hello CAPCOM, Freedom Seven, how do you read?"
GREAT ALAN SHERPARD :-D
soooooo good
11G? Holy crap. He must have a really steep angle
Teddy Sundin they were modified ballistic missles so that was considered normal and only lasted for about 10-20 seconds
I was almost 4 months when Alan went up on my Aunt Vicky's birthday.
Very cool. I bet you could tell some really interesting stories!