JOHN GLENN - FRIENDSHIP 7 - Mercury Capsule Launch (1962/02/20)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Real-time launch of Mercury-Atlas 6 for the first US orbital flight.
Presented in real-time, with multiple camera views of the Atlas rocket, astronaut John Glenn inside the "Friendship 7" Mercury capsule, mission control and Atlas Booster separation.
Edited from modern film transfers for best viewing on current HD displays.
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"Godspeed John Glenn" - one of the best lines ever.
Great video there, well done.
16mm film - digital video.
I believe Scott Carpenter as the capsule communicator said those famous words.
@@jeffreylindsey1757 And they had him in LCC to say it again when Glenn flew on the space shuttle!
@@don312000 I moved from Florida the year before Glenn's 2nd launch. Grew up Melbourne just south of KSC. Didn't realize that. The Mercury 7 are all gone now from this realm. Talk about heroes to be inspired by! That was truly a facinating time in American history to be growing up in. Thanks for the info.
That took balls, John Glenn.
The cool February morning John H. Glenn was launched into manned spaceflight history. Correct me if i am wrong but at that point with the modified Atlas Agena booster they had had something like 2 out of 5 previous tests that had failed in the launch sequence. That was a calculated risk that fortunately went well. That takes alot of training, fortitude and guts. Not to mention the countless hours of work n dedication of the contractors and NASA personnel. A true American hero! Godspeed always John and rest in peace with the Lord forever you faithful servant. Semper Fi
They also did have a launch escape system in case things went wrong.
MANY thanks for this!!! Childhood memories of watching this in AWE and LIVE on black & white TV. I have never seen this in colour before. THANK YOU!
I'm named after Colonel John Glenn. Have also had a career in Aviation. Have worn his Mercury 6 / Friendship 7 mission patch on my flight suit for years. Always got me home. God speed John Glenn.
On the morning of February 20, 1962, (Thomas Joseph)O'Malley was directing the General Dynamics launch team from the windowless blockhouse just a few hundred yards from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral where John Glenn sat atop the Atlas rocket in Friendship 7. O'Malley methodically worked through the checklist, finally announcing over the intercom, "T-minus 18 seconds and counting, engine start", as he pressed the black button on his console that began the firing sequence of the Atlas rocket. In response, his boss, astronautics base manager Byron MacNabb, seated in Mercury Control, said, "May the wee ones be with you, Thomas", a good luck reference to the leprechauns of Irish mythology. O'Malley made the Sign of the Cross, and said, "Good Lord ride all the way", just before backup astronaut Scott Carpenter, also seated in the blockhouse, made his iconic remark, "Godspeed, John Glenn!" As the countdown clock reached zero, the Mercury-Atlas rocket lifted off at 9:47 a.m. EST, carrying the first American astronaut into orbit. O'Malley had that black button mounted on a piece of varnished wood as a souvenir, which he continued to proudly display into retirement.
Now that is a tiny jewel of information in America's space flight history. Pretty cool personal souvenir to have. Thanks for the information!
Amazing work on the legendary astronaut John Glenn!!
Thanks for trimming this down I will be using this on NHD project!
Good luck :) If possible put a link to the channel somewhere. And share a link to your project here ;)
Watching this as manned Spacex is just about to launch 5/30/2020.
Really! I don't believe you . This is fake. What is the speed in low orbit ? Answer in 30 seconds!
17000 MPH obviously
@@MegaGronis Any evidence that it's fake?
@@MegaGronis 7800 m/s
Beautiful experience🙌
Godspeed, John Glenn.
My sixth birthday. Never forgotten it.
I couldn't of imagined being there at this launch. I would have peed on myself. Such a rush of emotion.
Times in which getting on top of a rocket required balls of steel.
Still do
@@sebmatta8355 especially a very temperamental Atlas.
Happy 60 years!
These guys have really got guts...
A brave hero
Watching... Exactly 59 years later. Saturday, February 20, 2021.
Striving for greatness in 62. Striving for survival in 2020
It's 2021
@@terrycho7210
When historic videos are ruined by a bunch of conservative commentators who think the 60s was the golden age. And yet willing to be blind to the dozens of new companies achieving their many firsts in spaceflight.
I have no idea why people think great historic moments like this need a music track. -.-
Yes. From Wikipedia: The Department of the Air Force was formed on September 18, 1947, per the National Security Act of 1947 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force
@@RetroSpaceHD What is that supposed to mean?
@@andriys.1860 probably replied to the wrong comment
Ahahahahahhahahahahaha history msu3ue iamsbbdr TCB & Budget Input Data
try the launch of freedom 7 PLEASE.
Godspeed, John glenn. (Means good luck
The Atlas was such a gamble. Balloon tanks were not the strongest, to say the least.
How beautifull is old rockets.... But safe is nowday rockets.
I thought the Mercury astronauts experienced 7 - 10 G during launch and reentry. And he could still chat over the radio?
They were selected because they could tolerate it. Some people can even go higher, check this article: www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-g-machine-16799374/
You can hear the physical stress in his voice during the high g moments.
Only during re entry
you don't chat on reentry, the plasma flow outside impedes all radio communications... y'all didn't see it on the movies?
Prior to John Glenn's selection as an astronaut, he was on the show "Name That Tune" where he along with his partner in crime Eddy Hodges's won $25,000 in cash.
"How are you, Cernan?"
You can thank Katherine
Was the Mercury/Atlas all analog?
If you are asking about them using purely analog systems for guidance and spacecraft control then I think yes. No flight computer.
@@RetroSpaceHD I think the Apollo was the first to have an all digital, stored program control system, but I don't trust my memory.
@@NoahSpurrier
It might have been Gemini which happened shortly before Apollo.
wow
"100%"
Who's here because of the movie hidden figures? 😁😁😁
👏🏾
I thought the Atlas rocket was reliable ; it took 4 men to orbit.
The Mercury Atlas ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_LV-3B ) had some modifications to improve reliability. The satellite launcher version ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_SLV-3 ) failed 2 times in 5 launches...
Back when America had balls of steel. Now we're terrified and crying over the name of a high school.
No, we still have balls of steel. People who fly on rockets like these. You’re just an asshole who can’t understand why people are terrified of their kids getting murdered in a learning environment.
I’m sure they would have felt the same way in the late 90s, and in the 60s if some guy with an AR-15 walks in and starts shooting the place and the kids up. Would have probably sent in the National Guard too.
No one is stopping you from accomplishing feats as these
The "wokenauts" need to be launched into oblivion.
0:25
While Kathryn Johnson was making sure the math was correct and John Glenn was flying the mission, a 13yr old little girl was watching the flight and dreaming of flying in space herself. Unfortunately, that story must be told at another time.
Hats off to Kathryn Johnson, an incredible woman who served her country brilliantly. She and Mr. Glenn were two members of an amazing generation who certainly had "The Right Stuff".
If Katherine Johnson wasn't there he would've died
Wasnt it suborbital or?
First orbital flight.
Sub-orbital flights used the Redstone missile. Orbital flights used the Atlas. Fun Fact: The Atlas family of rockets is still used today.
The previous one, with Alan Shepard, was suborbital.
@@Shadowkey392 As was Gus Grissom's flight. Glenn was third off the pad. He expected to make seven revolutions but returned after three.
Glenn was the first American to orbit. 3 orbits completed.
Alan Shepard should be the one remembered, not John Glenn. Shepard rode the FIRST rocket into space. But - they didn't have cameras in the capsule, so he got short shrift.
The was a camera: ruclips.net/video/x3_BfuduL2Q/видео.html
Shepard and Grissom had 15 minute suborbital flights. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth, that's what all the fuss was about.
Oh poor Alan Shepard, he only got endless business opportunities and became a multi millionaire, and got to walk and play golf on the moon. Doesn't sound like short shifting to me.
Song?
"Get Back Up" from RUclips's music library, if I'm not mistaken ;)
WHO IS ROGER???😕
Good question :-) Seems to be on all flights !
yeah i know! who is he??? is he some sort of figure in nasa that they dont talk about????? maybe..
THE MASTERMIND BEHIND ALL OF THIS???
Elon musk 💯 🔥 make roket go in air 40 Kilometres 💯 🧢 🔥 🔥 he way better than this friendship shit. He go Mars soon 🔥 he make rocket that don't need launching pad 💯 or any shit
Elon roket go 21 miles in air and then go BOOOM!! WAS BEST AND SO good me put it on instragams 🔥 💯 best content 💯 HE GOOD BESR GOTO MARS SOON!
this friendship only go 162 miles in air and didn't even explode!!! How boring l!!!!! 💯 🔥 No 🧢
Good video, but the music isn’t necessary.
Thanks. Music is always a tough call, here I feel it helps to make the video flow a bit better. But I understand that you might prefer it with just the ambient sounds :)
The US spent millions to develop a pen that would write in the weightlessness of space, the russians spent less than a nickel, it's called a pencil....
that's a myth
Uh, thats fake.
NASA didn’t, a private person did and sold it for a couple of bucks to NASA.
Plus, when the pencils would break off they would float in space - not good.
How many times....stop relying on hearsay from people with the bias of government overspending
most ballpoint pens write just fine upside down against the pull of gravity so they'd probably work even better in space.
wow you're a real philosopher.